10th March 2018
Well Hello.
Time is slipping by and before we know it , we'll be rounding up the zebras (see last post ), stuffing them full and heading for home. The hardest part will be saying goodbye.
The last couple of weeks ,we have been treated to a variety of entertainment. At short notice, (like about three hours before the event), we were invited to a scout commemoration of the founder's birthday. It just involved our local school group down on the oval on the Friday night. But as per usual we were guests of honour and so had to speak at the event. It was good fun with lots of singing, dancing and the mad magician entertaining and teaching the other students how to do tricks. ( I'm not sure they really needed much encouragement.) Before the event , while having tea , we watched from our window as students moved to the oval. Each one seemed to deviate from the normal path and would subsequently emerge further down with a lump of wood or a branch courtesy of the kitchen wood pile. All contributions to their bonfire were gratefully received. It was one of the nights highlights but in true school style as soon as 9.00pm arrived , the event was over and it was all off to bed.
The next night was the school entertainment. We would call it a concert with lots of singing and dancing items .and plenty of very loud music. The tissue and ear plugs didn't go amiss. One group had asked me to video their act but it didn't happen as once again once 9.00pm came if your act hadn't been on it was too bad,so sad. But of course ,they always make time for the staff to get up and "dance".
A little bit of seriousness settled over the school after that as examination time was drawing closer and the students start exams this week - a difficult time for the new Form Ones as all the exams are in English and many of them are really struggling with the language.
Tonight there is talk of a games night in the library with us a s leaders. Nothing has been confirmed as yet (three hours before starting time) so we've decided we will have early dinner and be on standby just in case.
Last weekend, we were invited to a nearby church where the father of one of last years form 4 students, (Benetson if you have heard me mention him) is the pastor. It was a very interesting and different experience and most enjoyable. The singing was magnificent and in abundance. You didn"t notice that the service was three hours long and they didn't mind at all. The auction of their offerings took almost as long as the rest of the service and included all manner of gifts from a live chicken to woven mats.
Morning tea after the service consisted of boiled eggs, roasted peanuts, chai tea made on fresh cow's milk and fruit salad. I passed on the tea, eggs and peanuts but the fruit salad was very tasty.
Time is slipping by and before we know it , we'll be rounding up the zebras (see last post ), stuffing them full and heading for home. The hardest part will be saying goodbye.
The last couple of weeks ,we have been treated to a variety of entertainment. At short notice, (like about three hours before the event), we were invited to a scout commemoration of the founder's birthday. It just involved our local school group down on the oval on the Friday night. But as per usual we were guests of honour and so had to speak at the event. It was good fun with lots of singing, dancing and the mad magician entertaining and teaching the other students how to do tricks. ( I'm not sure they really needed much encouragement.) Before the event , while having tea , we watched from our window as students moved to the oval. Each one seemed to deviate from the normal path and would subsequently emerge further down with a lump of wood or a branch courtesy of the kitchen wood pile. All contributions to their bonfire were gratefully received. It was one of the nights highlights but in true school style as soon as 9.00pm arrived , the event was over and it was all off to bed.
The next night was the school entertainment. We would call it a concert with lots of singing and dancing items .and plenty of very loud music. The tissue and ear plugs didn't go amiss. One group had asked me to video their act but it didn't happen as once again once 9.00pm came if your act hadn't been on it was too bad,so sad. But of course ,they always make time for the staff to get up and "dance".
A little bit of seriousness settled over the school after that as examination time was drawing closer and the students start exams this week - a difficult time for the new Form Ones as all the exams are in English and many of them are really struggling with the language.
Tonight there is talk of a games night in the library with us a s leaders. Nothing has been confirmed as yet (three hours before starting time) so we've decided we will have early dinner and be on standby just in case.
Last weekend, we were invited to a nearby church where the father of one of last years form 4 students, (Benetson if you have heard me mention him) is the pastor. It was a very interesting and different experience and most enjoyable. The singing was magnificent and in abundance. You didn"t notice that the service was three hours long and they didn't mind at all. The auction of their offerings took almost as long as the rest of the service and included all manner of gifts from a live chicken to woven mats.
Morning tea after the service consisted of boiled eggs, roasted peanuts, chai tea made on fresh cow's milk and fruit salad. I passed on the tea, eggs and peanuts but the fruit salad was very tasty.
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| The Auctioneer |
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| The auctioneer is holding cassava neatly wrapped in banana tree bark.None of a banana plant is wasted . It is used for cooking, wrapping things , tying things up (including chicken's legs so it can't escape the auction.) mulch' and anything else you need. |
The next few days will see us culminating our activities here and travelling to Uganda where we hope to catch up with one of the teacher's from here who has left to further his studies and also have a couple of days wind down before flying home.
So hakuna mata until Uganda.
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