A day in the life....

I am officially going to be working at Njoro kindergarten for the rest of my stay here! I am so excited! This week has been really, really busy and is kind of how the rest of my time here will be. We leave the volunteer house at 8:30 and walk to Njoro which takes about an hour and a half. The route is really nice and there are little kids all along the way, so we get lots of encouragement and high fives during our walk. When we get to Njoro, the kids are usually starting their writing exercises, and so they bring us their copy books to correct and we give them more material to copy. After a bit its our turn to teach. This week we have been doing a lot of games with animals in them. All of the kids love to act like animals. We've also been teaching them songs like the ABC song, and Old McDonald. Yesterday I taught them how to play 'Duck Duck Goose' but somehow by the end it had turned into 'Duck Duck How-are-you, big kids run in circles while the little ones roll in the grass' but they had fun, so I consider it a success. Before we leave school, the teachers always give us tea (SO good) and a little snack which is nice. I don't know if I would make it home without that!

After school is over, we walk, as fast as we can while dragging 2-5 children on each arm, to the daladala stop to catch it to town. I will try and take a picture of the daladala because I'm not sure that words can really describe it (I will try though). A daladala is cheap public transport in the form of an ancient VW-esque bus. I honestly have no idea how they keep running day after day, and am also now sure that there are no emissions tests here. There are 3 rows of seats, not including the front, and as many people as possible are crammed into each row. The 'conducter' hangs out the window to look for potential passengers, and bangs the side of the bus when we need to stop and pile on more people. I really enjoy riding the daladala every day; it is quite an experience (one that everyone should have)!

When I get to town, I head straight to the church and eat lunch there with the Macha's (the pastor and his family). After we eat I get to work doing whatever it is that is needed that day. My work at the church is pretty varied which is nice. Dinner is at half seven, so I try and make it home around six to shower and relax a bit before I eat. The days here are very long, but also very enjoyable.

Aunt Carol, to answer your question about the kengas, they are about a yard long (I think) and you wrap them around you kind of like a bath towel. I will bring one home for you!

I'm still trying to work out how to put up pictures on this blog. We took a class photo on Tuesday, and it came out really well. Emma took the photo on her really nice camera, and I danced on a bench behind her to get the kids to smile (or laugh, really). I will try and post it ASAP.

Out of time!

Abby