Week in Review

After the village school visit on Monday, I continued with creative arts class in the afternoon. The kids really seem to be enjoying the classes! Next week I am going to try tissue paper flowers with them, and the following week I am going to do some sort of project centered around The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I have only been teaching classes 3-6, but some of the nursery and pre-unit classes have asked for help as well, so who knows how many classes I will be signed up to teach when I get back from Nairobi!

Class 3 works hard on their portraits

On Tuesday, Mary, Alice, and I finished up a few small painting projects for the new school building. We are hoping to decorate some of the classrooms next week if we can find the supplies! Wednesday was a busy day- a government official was visiting! We had a little ceremony for him in the morning with all of the kids singing, and the kids had an Olympic day with races and a banana-eating contest! Mary Kate, I wish you had been there so we could’ve competed in the 3-legged race. We might’ve had some competition too- check out Musa’s stride.

girls at the field games

After lunch, Mary, Alice, Greta, Margarida, and I headed to the airstrip for our flight to Nairobi! Y’all, I cannot handle these little planes. We get to the airstrip (small dirt field) and someone goes “Oh look, they brought the big plane!”

HAH. I had a heart attack approximately every 2 minutes of the hour-long flight.  Every little buzzer, alarm, or sound caused the phrase “WE’RE GOING DOWN” to flash before my eyes. It didn’t help that I could see every single thing that the pilot was doing, and it is a little unsettling to watch all of the switches, dials, and knobs that have to be managed. Despite all of that, the view was incredible! Nairobi has been great- so much delicious food, time exploring the city, and lots of bargaining and shopping.  We wish Margarida wasn’t already back home in Portugal! Pictures to come soon of Nairobi!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: My most sincere apologies go out to all followers for the delay in post updates. Although not in Africa, I was away from internet. Sincerely, The Blog Uploader