I'm getting use to waking up to the chickens. It was a treat to call David on his birthday and talk to the rest of Jake's family. Thank you WhatsApp! Our routine is now working in the garden early, being in the library or classroom most the rest of the day. They found a new driver for the school bus (motorcycle pulling a covered flatbed) so one day we rode along after school to see where the kids live. We have spent time talking to the teachers giving them ideas and commending them on keeping the kids engaged. The English classes are extra and the kids come either before or after their regular school hours. Totally a bonus class but if they didn't like it, they could easily choose not to come. On Friday, the teachers asked me to show them some classroom games so yet another country learned about Doggie, Doggie Where's Your Bone, I Spy with my little Eye, and 7 Up. Kids and teachers loved all three. During our lunch break, went to a market to get seeds & take one of the boys to the dentist for an estimate to fix his two rotten teeth. $20. Sue will ask his family to pay as she tries hard not to create dependent people. That being said, she & Hun do understand when the need is critical and they jump in with both feet to do whatever needs to be done…like the 2 young girls living with their aging grandparents in a shack. Hun has figured out the cost of building them a better home and Sue is doing a fund raiser. She does it mostly by writing their story & then posting it on Facebook and on their website. In 3 days, she has raised $3200. Only $800 to go. (Her Facebook page is Sue Thompson). Once all the money is raised, Hun will arrange for the workers & supplies. They make an impressive team!
Here's pictures of that family:
