The Starfish Story

A man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean. “Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?,” he asks. “Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them further in they will die.” “But, old man, don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can’t possibly save them all, you can’t even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your efforts won’t make any difference at all.” The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the sea. “It made a difference to that one.”

Monday, March 17, 2014

Happy St. Patties Day!

I told Safowaa about this holiday and she celebrated by making me french fries for dinner! Closest thing to potatoes we could get...

Today I went to work expecting to go to the pool. It was planned that the principal and her sister along with a couple volunteers were going to take everyone in the school to the pool. But something happened with the principals sister, I think she got stuck out of town. So it has been postponed to someday this week.

At work I was outside the girls home with some girls playing on the porch behind me. A stray dog was trotting along and I called to him. He looked over and wagged at me and came right over. I scratched in between his ears and above his tail! In exchange, I got some long awaited and much needed puppy kisses! I learned his name is Lucky. I don't think he belongs to anyone, but the kids named him and he chases the goats around the orphanage, so I guess it's his home! I'm glad I have a K9 companion. Most dogs here aren't friendly or are terrified of white people!

Today a woman from UNICEF came to do check ups and vaccinations on the babies. They weighed them all and gave them polio vaccines. I asked if I could take a picture to put on my blog but she said no. Oh well!

I have been teaching "the cup song" to a group of fifth grade girls, they are having so much fun with it. Ill post a video soon.

Bye for now.


My new best friend!

Feeling a bit festive! Brought this from home and hung it in my room for St. Pats day.

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