Unlike in America, where things are -- ideally -- always scheduled out and there is always a plan in place to get as much use as possible out of each moment of the day, life here tends to happen when it happens, and there is nothing wrong with an afternoon spent simply sitting and not "doing" anything other than passing the time.
As crazy as it seems to them now, they will eventually get to a place where a morning spent taking pictures of our supervisors' kids is a good morning.
(All pictures belong to Laura)
And, where getting a picture of Jessica not making a face is an exciting accomplishment.
For now, they still need things like slip n' slides in the desert (not such a good idea as it sounds like...packed dirt is hard) to keep them occupied and entertained -- we still enjoy such things as well -- and I can't say that I blame them. I was bored enough when we got here that I wrote a book in order to keep myself busy. Lol!
Slowly, though, perhaps without them even realizing it, they will adjust and grow more comfortable with boredom.As evidence of the fact that our perception of time has changed, Laura, originally one of our most time conscious, "go, go, go" type personalities, has been known, in recent months, to spend a good hour sitting on the floor in our front room, tossing a candle back and forth, as a small group of us talk about "nothing" while we wait for the power to come back on (Believe it or not, there actually is logic to the timing of the rationing.) so that we can finish the things that we are "supposed" to be doing.
(things like updating blogs, writing newsletters, prepping for ministry, writing papers, and researching for various projects)
It will be interesting to see what we do with ourselves when we get back to the States, where there are not nearly the same number of stray hours to fill.
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