The Stomach Bug has Attacked!!

Three members of our team came down with this nasty stomach bug today: Paul, Robin and Isaac. The rest of us are just waiting until it's our turn to catch it. (remember, Luke had it first, then Charlie got it)
BUT I have loads of pictures to share with you. I'm uploading most of them to Flickr for you to browse through :)
I've met about 100 different kids and know about 4, maybe 5. of their names! Some of them have traditional names like Maria, Michelle, Teddy, Tim etc. and then another lot has names that are words: Surprise, Gift, Respect, Beauty... The kids that have traditional African names are the hardest for me to hold on to. It kind of doesn't matter.
They're very sweet. There's one girl that just wants to hugged or held and she'll literally hang off of you so that she can be in constant contact. There are others who like to play games like soccer, basketball and cricket. We brought jump ropes today (much fun, hard to regulate), construction paper and crayons (super fun) and Charlie had a chance to have his own "station" and taught some kids how to fold paper airplanes. I was literally thinking to myself "we're making paper airplanes for Jesus!" (I helped with the overflow).
We have devotions each morning and talk through a bible study that talks about the poor. We talked a lot about how our perspective had changed since we've been here. We can see what is excessive in our homes (b/c this kids literally have nothing) and in our lives (you're in how many bible studies?). We are challenged by the fact that there will always be the poor, and it's our job to do something about it. We can't solve the problem, but we can do what we can to help individuals and maybe change lives!
hopefully more tomorrow,
please please pray that this bug is gone quickly and that no more members of our team contract it.
annie

ps: I almost forgot! Robin, me and the boys went to drive out to the grocery store the other day. I really thought I knew the way, but I was mistaken. So we drove around Pretoria, on the left side of the road, without a map. Yeah, it was cool. (of course we got lost! but we found the other grocery store that we gad been hoping to go to!)

Oh! and all but 1 bag came today. The last bag is full of Crocs for the kids. I've learned a valuable lesson in packing: split up your clothes over 2 bags (if you're bringing 2), and have an extra set of clothes in your carry on.


::UPDATE::
two more members are sick, Jack and Kristin.