Kids in the villages

So much in so little time...
...well, ok, yes, it has been almost two months since my last blog. Things just seem to get in the way - life gets in the way.
I've now been to three other villages besides Tuluksak. Akiak, Akiachak, and Kotlik (which is by the Bering Sea, and on the Yukon River instead of the Kuskokwim.) Going to the villages is always so fun, but so exhausting. In Kotlik, I presented the TAT and bullying curriculums to seven classes in one day. Seven! That's a lot of talking about touching! And I always meet kids who touch my heart in villages. Kids who want to know everything about you, and follow you around, and say heart wrenching things like "I'll never forget you" or "Can you come live with me and stay forever?" And then you hate to look into their doe eyes and say "no, I have to go back to Bethel." Yeah.
I'll write more later. I have so much to do, and it's busy busy busy all the time. Crazy.

-B