Time flys when you're digging dirt

Wow wow wow wow wow. It's our last day of soccer camp before our departure and I have an hour before we start the walk/dance/ run down to the concrete open aired gym. It's hard to sit and write right now because the kids are already kicking the ball around on the front porch, but I don't know when the computer will be free next.
Yesterday was an interesting day. The soccer field we were digging got covered in poop for the second time. This time Marcello hit the guys sewer line, and we stopped the digging. I'm not sure if we will be able to get back out there before we leave. We never really know the plan around here.. Partly because of the language barrier and partly because it's always changing. So we stopped the digging for now and some of us went on to clear the grass from the path uphill to a neighbouring house while others picked up garbage and created a garbage landing in a tree away from chickens and dogs.
One of the main ways to dispose of garbage around here is to burn it. On any given day you can count the fires from the smoke you see on surrounding hillsides. It is getting in to winter now and these fires can cause a problem because they spread over grass and fields. Yesterday the field beside the base was on fire and it slowly crept up to the grass and trees around the base. It was pretty nerve racking and Marcel said it was bad but none of the locals were worrying. I located my passport just in case and some of the girls had their carry-ons packed. One of the teenagers, Jonathon, who was at the base said "big problem, big problem" then left. We saw him on his roof 2 doors down flying a kite on the roof a minute later HAHA. We were fine and after the fire passed up the hill the smoke remained in the air throughout the night. I can't smell it or see it now but I'm sure we all smell great today. After the fire passed we all went to the uphill market to get ice cream. There were kids playing in the street and kids in the shop, all the while the drug lord of the area was sitting across the street hanging out with friends. What an interestingly crazy day. Poop incidents, kite flying and ice cream with drug dealers.

Today is our last soccer day and the walk down and back from the field is some of the time I treasure most about this trip. 20 kids to goof around and smile with for a few hours of the day is purely heart filling to me. I'm looking forward to today's adventures but it will be sad once the walk back is over and I won't see most of these boys again as only some of them will hang around the base over our remaining days here. It is good though that the numbers at the soccer camp are growing. I was talking to Marcello at breakfast the other day and he was talking about how soon they will have to start going more often because the space is small for 20+ kids at one time. I can't wait to hear about the progress to be reported back by the global team next year.
I hope all is well back home, I miss you all and can't wait to catch up upon my return on June 4th. Cheers :)

Annessa Nina