Mercy's Post to her family

Today Mercy is going to share some thoughts about life since we have been back from furlough.

"I miss Oma and Papa. They are the best and I miss Paige and Kelly. All of my cousins are very good. I miss Natalie, Andrea and Charisse. I miss Grandma June, Grandpa Bob, Uncle Bob and Uncle Daniel, Aunt Chris and Uncle Ken. I miss Aunt Amy and Uncle Andy and Aunt Kristin and Uncle Rick.

I wish my cousins could come to Lesotho. There is a big tree that all of us could climb. Faith calls it the heart tree because the branches and leaves look like a big heart. Most of the time we call it the big tree.

I am in first grade. I like first grade. I do math, phonics, reading, writing. Sometimes it can be a little annoying because it is a little hard. My favorite thing about school is my animal encyclopedia book.

I love talking to Grace (one of our super cool volunteers). I love visiting the houses and feeding the babies. I once fed 4 babies at the same meal! I like to help with the little girl mom likes to play with and her name means flower. She is blind, she has beautiful eyes. I wish she could be my sister.

If someone comes to Beautiful Gate they might get called a Makhooa (means white person). I love living at Beautiful Gate except I do not like the frogs. They are very loud at night and so are the crickets. Sometimes they both get inside our house. Aunt Terp is really good at catching frogs so she gets them out.

Today, I talked to Grace while we were in burritos by blankets. I saw a spider on her blanket and she got it off. We made a hammock today, us 3 kids and Daddy. Mine did not work out the best but it was still fun."

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From: Mercy