Week 4 and 5

Week 4 and 5 and some really random photos that have not made it into a blog yet

Week 4 September 14 - 20

Day 22. First day of girls club – getting all the girls saying at least something, with a draft name of Success is our Name.

Very clever kids making paper "cell phones" and taking my "picture" The phones opened up to a keyboard and everything

Day 23.  First day running. At 630 stared out from my house and within minutes I had 6 kids with me running about 20 minutes up the kill to Kpandu. When I went to turn around they asked same time next week?

Day 24. Motorcycling through the countryside with my neighbor, especially watching the canoe ferry across the often flooded river.

Day 25. Reading The Hobbit while Vivian read The Secret Garden at dinner, young adult fiction at its finest.

Day 26. Team Eagle vs. Team Lizard is stage 6 short a sound competition. My first bike ride through town, getting even more looks and hollers than when I am on foot

Day 27. A totally un-memorable day., which is a good thing. It was just a normal work and home day like I really live here.

Day 28. Not a super fun thing but I was happy there was a teacher meeting about the no-canning policies and discussing alternative discipline.

Week 5 September 21- 27

Day 29. Biking to Kpandu and having the time to stop and get mountain views.

Day 30. Monkeys! Bikes!

Take out food, not sure why this pic is not wanting to rotate, sorry.

Day 31. For the first time I accepted the offer of “you are invited” at a bar. Shared some yam and stew with a few guys then ended up talking with George for about an hour.

Day 32. My last “day off” Monday from teaching with a change in the timetable, which I spent reading three young adult books and reading to lots of lower primary students.

Basically beer but without the fermentation. Barley, hops etc. but sugary and no alcohol. It is weird and not sure I like it

Day 33. Made one of my more successful dishes, tomato curry with orange on rice and pasta with avocado on the side.

Mt roomie, we eat a lot of eggs.

Day 34. Went to campus around 5pm and ended up staying for an hour, letting kids call their parents on my phones, teaching hem a new game of tag, letting tons of them ride my bike, including some girls I was happy to see.

Day 35. First day tutoring some older students in reading, loved how the three books they choose to read were: The Borrowers, one of my favourites; Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, picked by one of the more popular, jock-type students; and Davy Crockett, my long distant relative.