Some neighbors

Monday's neighborhood Bible Club

A lil TLC

Unschooled Kids Class... aka... Tegot Learning Club

Some pics of some of my kiddos...

Sweet Aloyo and her baby brother. Many kids are in charge of and therefore bring their baby sibling to class. 

Hopscotch for the win! I love fun games that exercise the brain and are easy to reproduce without a lot of resources! 

Sitting in lines... Paying attention... Mostly

We talk abc's A LOT

Always be on the lookout for wonder. - E. B. White

to summarize...

Finally some internet...
Had a busy week... some highlights:
- made it all 4 days in the village and started up my P7 English class again - time to "mark" papers!
- when children in the village are asked about shapes, "egg", "sun", and "moon" - kinda fun responses... limbo with 4 year olds - also entertaining
- The tile is finally finished though the house repairs are not yet done.
- Expat exodus going into "tourist season" (lots of short-term people) has begun in Gulu
- Mango season is a delicious time of year
- I learned what tear gas smells like when the Secondary School Athletics competition ended in a riot (sore losers) at the stadium near my house
- visited my friend's school for most of the day and observed her teachers

- sad goodbyes to leaving friends

- bonfire "wang oo" Steph is back!

- I have chickens again - and the puppies want to eat them now now

- children sitting - yay dancing, playing in the rain, hot cocoa, and movie in a blanket fort... if only I had more energy!!!

- I'm not sick but am lacking too much energy to confidently say I'm well
- I learned to drive a motorcycle! :D

Back to School for Term 2!

Term 2 has begun!

All holidays must come to an end. I really needed the break but am ready to get back to work! The break helped rejuvenate me and give me a chance to start up fresh with ideas. The term is off to a slow start as it tends to be in Uganda but I expect to be crazy busy and tired before too long.

In other news:

The puppies are growing quick. I am so happy to have them around and glad they have each other to play with when I'm not there. We are breaking lots of cultural norms with how to care for a dog. The result is two nice dogs that people keep threatening to take. It's fun to watch people get won over and play with them.

My landlord decided to remodel my house a bit and buy tile. So exciting! You don't realize how much you appreciate flooring until you have bare, cracking concrete. The house is so much brighter and clean feeling! I also got new door-frames to tackle the termite problem. Needless to say my house is now a disaster covered in dust and bits of concrete. Time to clean and reorganize!

Do I want a masters? Turns out International Education and Development is a field of study...

REST!

Rest – Oh wow did I need it – and not just get out of Gulu but be refreshed and see that functional ideal projects are in fact possible. There are people who do things that are sustainable. There are Ugandans with a heart for what they do who can be trusted.

Lord Break my cynicism, teach me and guide me. Show me who to trust.