Back to School

Well to be honest with you, I just remembered I had a blog so you can attribute my infrequent posts to my lapses in memory. Or, if you would like, you may attribute it to the altitude (which is about 4,500 ft. above sea level here in Nyamata). I seem to blame quite a few things on the altitude these days; my baking failures, the fact that I get out of breath trekking up the hill to my house, and anything else that doesn't go quite as planned :-)

I mentioned in my last post that we were having GAMES here for the children. We had six MiniMissionaries come to help and it was a blast. The students learned lots of new songs and games and we went on a couple of field trips; one to the farm and another down to a little shop to buy sweeties. You can see here that Valante is not afraid of chickens.

Since GAMES we had a week "off" for teacher In Service and last week had our first week back to school in Term 3. I am now teaching the Kindergarteners in the mornings and doing Education Director stuff in the afternoons.

We also have had a new team of ROS arrive, the Kochs who were in Zambia, and the Koepkes who moved from Kenya. It has been exciting to meet my new workmates and I feel certain we will all work well together. I will, however, miss the ROS who are moving from here to other Villages.

So that is the last month in a nutshell. Hopefully I will write again soon, but if it takes me a while, blame it on the altitude.

Until next time,

Erica