Tuesday morning

This morning, we enjoyed an early heavenly breakfast of grapefruit juice, eggs cooked "to order" by Mark (though everyone seemed to want scrambled), fresh baked banana muffins, and slices of fresh mango. Oh, my! I had never had mango before, but this certainly won't be the last time - though Mary Jane warned us that it's impossible to find them in the states that are as good as those down here.

Then we filed down for chapel. I love hearing the children sing, with such enthusiasm, and actually a surprising amount of musical sophistication. I said that my wife, Michelle, is an elementary music teacher, and I sure wish she could hear their singing!

After chapel was Flag ceremony again, and then Mark set up his photography area again, to bring the children through. Today, more helpers were enlisted to record the data, in order to make the process flow a little better. In the photos below, Jake is measuring heights while Tom is measuring weights; then, Katie, Matt, Mari, and Eric are all lined up and ready to go into action, as Mark awaits the day's first student with his camera.

After spending a short time observing the photography, I came up to the guesthouse to input data and begin creating the spreadsheet that Mark asked me for. That process went smoothly; with Mary Jane in and out, I was able to visit with her, and when she was gone I listened to music—the appropriate song "This Good Day" by Fernando Ortega, set on repeat.

This good day, it is a gift from you.
The world is spinning in its place because You made it to.
I lift my voice to sing a song of praise on this good day.

Now the guys have gone down to work on the roof—they had come up for a short break after today's photography was finished.