June 14

Monday, June 14, 2010
Another sunny morning, as we prepare for a day for work. Dominique and I visited another community member, Jamie, who raises the animals. We were discussing the purchase of some meat. We spent some time with the animals and talking about her life on the farm. After we worked in the orchard planting taro roots. I liked this work much better than the hauling we did on Friday. The boys were assigned jobs at the house: 1. To paint signs in English and Spanish for around the house and 2. Using a Machete to split bamboo to make a duck fence with. Of course both of these jobs were perfect for them. Ethan was thrilled to be given a real machete to work with. He’s handled knives for a long time but never one so big.

The boys and Dominique went to the river as I fixed lunch. Lunch together was nice. After some writing, I made dinner. The boys are loving the freedom and taking on some responsibility.

So Laurel asked for the boys comments:
Aaron, "
Ethan, "

Tonight we mediated on the community platform--there were 9 of us. It's hard to get used to the dark so early-- 6pm and that's when the mosquitos come out.

One of the guys made mango ice cream and the kids and I played charades. I haven't laughed so hard in so long. Picture Aaron waddling around with his elbows bent like a chicken and sitting on each of us as he went by. You guessed maybe that he was a bee...