Gary is gone to Port to pick up Caroline this morning, so the house is quiet early on. Of course that is after the 4am preaching service we had. We live next to a rather wealthy person and the local's come by periodically to preach to him...in the middle of the night. That is SOP around here, I guess that is when they think they have a captive audience. So, it's been an early start to the day as the preaching started around 4 and went till about 4:30.
A little more news on the little girl assaulted with a spoon. The worker at school told me that the one who did it to his 2 1/2 year old girl was........a 4 year old girl. How sad is that? At least there was no intent on her part to hurt the smaller girl, but obviously she has had this done to her, how else would she even think of it?
The swine flu thing is a topic here. One of the problems is that there is so many health issues regularly that it likely won't be recognized until well after the fact if it appears here. I guess that is probably similar to other places though. We pray about it and get thru the best we can.
D'Juno, one of my "special" students (special in that he challenges me daily to keep my cool) struggles with math. I have gone over the processes for division and multiplication about a dozen times each. Yesterday he is doing a problem and he comes to me and says "you know what? it helps to read the directions on the top of the page that tells you how to do it." after counting to about a thousand, I replied, "Yes, what a good idea! try that and see if it helps." so he is progressing some....I think.
Berona is a little girl whom I really like. She works hard and does well in some subjects, not so well in others, but she is humble and does not cause trouble. Once you're here for awhile you start to get to know the kids and families better and you see the growth and the problems. They all have ability, most just don't have a chance for schooling here. One of the families that has several children in school also has a 19 year old girl at home who takes care of the kids and has never gone to school. She got pregnant when she was about 14 and her lot in life has been to stay home and take care of the kids while the parents work and others go to school. She likely won't get any schooling in life at all, there are so many small kids in the house she will be home for sometime. She will likely get married at some time and have more kids and that will be her life....like so many young women here.
The days are flying by, 5 weeks from today I get on a plane to come home, and who knows what will happen after that? the kids want OUT of school and they are getting rowdy, but generally not bad. The year has been a blink and it is gone. I've seen so much and learned a little, but it will be good to see my family and friends for....awhile at least.
Djebenis tout moun
Bondye benis ou.
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