Another day at school!

Today we went into Kibera at 10:00 to begin our day with PE at 10:25. We decided to do something different for PE today...a relay race! Good thinking Cynthia (she came up with the whole idea) :) We had them start the race with two of them doing wheelbarrow. When they would finish their leg they tagged one of the "egg" people. These people held the handle of a spoon in their mouth and in the bowl of the spoon there was an egg they had to balance while they walked their leg of the race. We've all seen it done ;). After them, there was a three legged pair that ran to the end and then back to where they started where they would tag the other egg person, that egg person would tag the wheelbarrow people, who now did a piggy back dash to the finish. (Quick reminder: the "playground" is quite small and entirely on a hill...yeah) (Also, there are pics on facebook now)

Now that sounds like a lot all typed out like that, but the 8th graders caught on right away and had quite a bit of fun with it! I will say it was pretty fun to watch :). The only problem came with the 4th graders. They were quite a bit slower on the uptake for a few reasons; 1) The main reason I think is that their english wasn't as well developed as the 8th graders, so they didn't get some of the concepts. 2) I also think the relay race in general was foreign to them. They just hadn't had that experience yet, where the 8th graders did.

Between the two PE classes we had a bit of time to dawdle, so Cynthia was asked to teach the 8th grade class one of her dances. There are pics of that on FB too, it was quite enjoyable! She started teaching them the waltz, so...girls and boys dancing together. Like any other teenagers in the world, they were giggly and shy about dancing together. Especially because just about the entire school was out watching them :). Martin (the chaplain I mentioned before) said that dancing together like that was something that they see, but mostly on TV and only with older people. So them learning this was a bit of a deal.

There was also some time between the PE classes and the Creative Art class, so firstly, Martin took me to see where they were adding on along the backside of the school. They are going to make it so they can have a bigger assembly hall, more class rooms, and a more level and bigger play yard. After that we just hung outside with the kids while they were on their lunch break. I mainly just took pictures, learned names, and talked about what they were learning in school that day. It was a beautiful time!

Our last class was the CA class with the 8th grade. We brought with us the song "Lord I Lift Your Name On High", however, they already knew this song! So, we did sing it together, and tried to teach them some of the harmony on it to make it some what of a lesson. Then we asked them to sing us a song and they sang, I believe, Trading My Sorrows. I knew the song, I just can't remember what one it was now...but I think that was it. After that we still had some time left, so Cynthia continued her dance lesson with them and taught them the basic steps of the Cha Cha. It was cute :) They were a little more willing this time because they were in their classroom, and no one was watching them but Cynthia and I.

We took a bus home today, because Vickie wasn't with us this time. It was a bit of a walk from the school to the next bus stop and I was still a little shaky/weak from being sick yesterday, but it wasn't too bad. I survived, and I will survive again :)!

That's it for today, just getting ready for bed...we've got an early start tomorrow :-p.

Thank you all for praying! Again, it was very much needed. I know I don't need to ask, but please keep praying.

I love you all dearly!

(also I just noticed today I end all my blogs pretty much the same way...it must make it true :)