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Fourth Day of Greece Conference
It’s been a busy week. I really like my 7-9 yr. old group. They are adorable kids and seem to be very balanced also. I’m in charge of the lessons tomorrow so I’ve spent some time planning that this evening. I haven’t actually been in with them very much as the week went on because I’m trying to fit more people in for haircuts since I had to miss starting on Monday. I cut about a foot of hair off one lady today. She looked 10 years younger! I love as the week goes on being able to talk to the women one-on-one and learning about them.
We had the Lottie Moon auction again this week. It moved a little slower than in Hungary and I got a little bored but it was very nice with some really neat national items from different countries. What they wanted from the states was Crisco and Pam and corn syrup. Can’t get that here apparently. The kids wanted the cheetos and oreos.
Jason’s in with the youth right now-they’re doing a talent show. I can hear a girl singing music from Phantom and she’s pretty good actually. Some of them have been terrible and some really silly/funny. I’m sure he’ll blog about what he’s been up to when he has a minute. They keep them very busy.

Apparently we won’t have water in the morning so everyone has to bathe tonight. Tomorrow is our last day of VBS. I have about 12 scheduled haircuts (people always squeeze in where we can fit them throughout the day) and I have to help get my kids ready for their program for their parents in the evening.
My favorite part of today was I gave a haircut to one of “my” girls. When she was finished she gave me the biggest hug. She really wanted a Romanian doll that was in the auction and her parents didn’t have any money to give so later I slipped a little cash in her mom’s pocket and told her to bid to see what she could get. Katherine bid on the doll and stood by that item all night and raised a dollar above the next bidder on the sheet until time was over and she won. It only went for $10 and I think people stopped bidding just because they saw a cute little girl really wanted it. I guess her mom told her later that I had given her the money and she came over with a huge smile and hugged me again and wanted a picture with me and her doll to put in a special frame by her bed at home. That was a priceless moment.