Today was so great! When you plan a trip, sometimes you form ideas in your head of how things should go....when asked to go to the secondary school to have the children practice English, I had a fun picture in my mind of how things should go.... God multiplied the reality.... There were over 100 children (many of who skipped their Muslim call to mosque to speak with these white Americans....lol). And they were so excited and enthusiastic and cute.... They thought my last name was funny we think because the -er sound does not exist in Swahili.....and the young boy who repeated my name back to us tried his best! We took turns drawing pictures on the board and then picked eager students to tell in English what it was.....although it was overwhelming at first to have 100 children greet us loudly with an african accent in unison, "how are you?" we got used to the way it was organized and the boys did great! The school children were friendly with the boys and put their arms around them after class. Funny thing....a teacher was walking around with a switch and told us it was her "pointer" much of the time....but the rest of the time?!?!we aren't in Kansas anymore!lol!
The court yard of the poor government school with open aired barred classrooms we were in was overlooked by a 3 story private school built just feet away....they literally looked down on these children....it was very tough to see.
Looking back on today, Jonathan said, "Those kids loved us." They did...and we loved them too!
It was just a great thing to be a part of today.
That is so exciting! I am so happy that you all got to be a part of that. Thanks for sharing. I've really enjoyed reading all your other posts too :)
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