Homesick Sunday (May 17th)

Today is our day of rest! I love our little cabins. Last night I think I got around 9 or 10 hours of sleep. It was nice to relax. I woke up and wrote my blogs in a word document on the beach while listening to some music. It was very peaceful. A bunch of us had breakfast together and the view is so beautiful. I love it here! I have fallen in love with African tea. I think I had three cups for breakfast because it’s so good. I don’t really like American tea, so I find it strange that I like it here so much. Breakfast was good. We had omelettes, toast, fruit cups, and cinnamon and sugar crepes.
We have some time to rest before our next thing which is at 2:30 in the afternoon. Since it’s raining outside, I can’t sit on the beach so I went back to my room. I have found that at night when I’m alone in my room or when there is nothing going on that’s when I get a little homesick. Luckily, today I found the cure! There’s a certain type of music that I listen to on my ipod that makes it all better. Thanks Dad and Mom for the ipod! Thanks Drew for that type of music 
We went to the local market in the afternoon. Instead of going to the market, a bunch of us went to an internet café. We paid 20 cents for 23mins. Unfortunately the internet was rather slow, so we had to have more time. The afternoon was kind of stressful because some of us were homesick.
At night, we went to a really nice hotel called The Serena, I had the best meal in a week! It was very Americanized so perhaps that’s why we loved it so much. It was the perfect day to go to this restaurant because had the chance to unwind and have fun! The people who came on this trip are so fun. We are forming really good friendships. It's nice to have those people to lean on each other when things aren't perfect or you're homesick. Afterwards, I called home. It was good to hear familiar voices!
Still don't have a voice. I counted and I lost my voice 4 times within the past year.... I think that is strange!