As for the internet, I just set it up tonight: slow and
steady definitely wins the race over here. It has been busy and very hot and
dry as we are in the midst of the dry season. All the roads are very dusty and
every plant within sight is coated in red dust. Yesterday we moved out to our
house in the community - it was not exactly as predicted, but we are doing just
fine so far and our front porch looks out over a lake. I have a picture but
will have to load it later, perhaps in the city with faster internet.
We went to visit the three schools today and met some of the
teachers. They are currently marking exams but the largest school mysteriously
still had oodles of children running around. They were happy to greet us and
practice their English (as well as calling us mzungu, mzungu of course) and we had some quick meetings with the
teachers. We happened to have a driver this time as there were 6 or so of us
running around together, and by the time we left, all the dust on the car had
been converted to handprints and smears. The kids do love cars, but the driver
was standing guard to make sure no real damage ensued.
Next week we start our intensive teacher training, and we
plan to spend as much of this week as possible writing lesson plans and prepping
and practising for Monday. We will also do a mini-lesson session with some of
the local education advisors and organization staff to try out our content
later on this week. Today we also decided which schools each of us will be
placed at for the ongoing mentoring, post-training. I'm going to be at a school
about 5 km away. I think I'll be taking a motorcycle taxi to work, which I always
enjoy, so no worries there – it keeps that adrenaline flowing!!
To wrap up this post, I’ve got the score so far on bugs vs.
humans in our new home…
Cockroaches: 0 (including Ned, our first pet), Mzungus: 2
Cockroaches: 0 (including Ned, our first pet), Mzungus: 2
The battle continues.
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