Yesterday we took a group of volunteers into town. There was a big ta-do because the King is in town!!! They have gotten more done in the past month getting ready for the King than they have in almost a year! Courtyards and sidewalks have spiffy new tiles and buildings have been painted. There are flags everywhere, you should see the town, all lit up and looking beautiful.
Anyway, one of the many things that is going to happen is that the King is going to drive around and people will get to see him. So we went and waited along with everyone else in the area for almost 3 hours. Each moment we thought maybe the King would be coming along, but we were always disappointed. We finally left after a while to head home and get dinner going. We never saw the King but we hope to sometime this weekend. He is going to go to a village near where we are building houses and we are hoping to run into him there. Maybe he will even shake our hands!
While we were waiting for the King, Josiah got some waving practice in. He stood and waved at everyone. He is so cute when he waves. He doesn't quite have the motion down, so he twists his wrists towards himself and moves his arm up and down at the same time. It is kinda like a princess in the rose parade, but we aren't going to tell him that! All the people love him, we even had a solider come and give him kisses. It is so much fun to watch him draw a crowd
Today we are taking a bit of a lazy day. Josiah is 9 months old and his friend Elias is 1 year today, so we will have a bit of a celebration tonight with cake and everything. Tomorrow hopefully we'll get to sleep in and then on Monday morning we head for the city. It will be nice to spend some time with wireless internet and restaurants from around the world. But it will be sad too because Joey's family is leaving for the States again. Hopefully our last days together will be full of fun and memories.
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