posting on the stairs

so im posting on the stairs cuz im waiting for everyone else to finish packing before we leave to go to the park-like-thing with all the kids from awana. it is pretty awesome. we did it last year. its not much of a park but they have a field with something resembling grass which has soccer goals and baseball diamond. it doesnt really matter cuz these kids are happy with just about anything. it is a pretty sweet time.

yesterday we were all touristy and went to the volcano and market near Masya. volcano was pretty cool but it had all these poisonous fumes that made it really had to breathe. the tour guide said it stunted the growth of all the plants and stuff around the volcano. we couldnt see the lava though because too much smoke was coming out of the crater. = ( we also went into a cave that lava flows had formed. a ton of bats live in it (well not an inordinate amount but quite a few). it was cool. the market was the same one that we went to last year and so i knew what was there and stuff but it was still fun. stephen and i did some bartering and we got everything for less than they originally said (which is almost expected cuz they automatically rip You off as a rich american). i got a bracelet (which i am very happy with), a shirt, and a commie hat (which on second thought probably wasnt the best thing to get but i really liked the hat[oh, cool story how we got it. she wanted c$80 which is about US$4 but i thought that was kinda a lot so me and stephen posed that we only had like c$64 {cuz i had a ton of change so it kinda worked} and she let us have it. haha. we probably both won cuz they always say its a ton when its americans {like this one person was like oh that pin is US$3 which is pretty ridiculous}]). it was fun. we also went to a nice restaurant with all the missionaries. it was ok but i really dont mind the food here (it is better than last year. we get something with our rice and beans for every meal).

i am really sad we are leaving tomorrow. T-T its terrible. i dont want to go home and i REALLY dont want to write my hemingway paper. grrrr. not gonna let all that overshadow today though.