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| First one, and now a second front tooth out . . . Zawadi is "withling"!!! |
After
the whirlwind of Christmas chaos for all of these children, we are just
beginning to settle back into our school routines. Class I, (first grade) began yesterday with
twenty students and Teacher Winner who is very capably assisted by volunteers
Katy, Mathilde and Robyn! Stine, (Happy
Birthday tomorrow) and Anna are working with little Aisha and Liadi (we
practiced our printing together this afternoon), and best of best of best
news???? Esther, Gerhad and Jenny were
tested and earned admission to Amani Primary School for second grade!!!! Amani is the 6th best primary
school in the country!!! School photos
to follow as Oddo, just brought them home and we need to purchase
uniforms!!! All three LOVE the school
and are ready to return Friday (Tomorrow is a national holiday celebrating the
Zanzibar revolution) and “soma sana”, study hard and speaking of studying hard
. . . Francis brought me his homework when he got home and we reviewed things
together . . . 100% across the board!
He’s going to be #1 again!!!!
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| Our little Christina's big girl teeth can now come in properly, we hope!! |
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| Just a happy Harriri!!!! |
Kelvin,
Angela and Margaret are very happily settling into day classes at Haradali and
Evalin, Ema, Lazaro, Vitalis and Paskali (Lohai’s brothers), chose to
board! Oddo and I head to the Moshi
wholesale market on Friday to find school shoes . . . no we didn’t leave things
until the last minute . . . the best value for school shoes in this country are
made by Bata and there are three stores in the city of Arusha, 30 km.
away. We measured our children and
headed to town at the beginning of December to beat the crowds only to be told,
“a new shipment will be in closer to the end of the month”. Well, that shipment came three days ago and
we were there, (no, Mathilde was there), shopping . . . no go. We returned to discover that yes, the
shipment had come, but it did not include the five most popular children’s
sizes.
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| Pendo - What a Big Girl! Ears pierced and pulled a tooth . . . not a whimper!! |
I
enjoyed my first shower in a week today . . . no buckets for me!!! And electricity so the shower was HOT! And we helped Pendo take out her first baby
tooth!!! My collection is growing!!
Zawadi’s other front tooth fell out but he doesn’t remember where! Colds and sore throats are healing and the
family is doing well! I checked on
Dorris, our mama cow who was resting comfortably in her new stall and the roof
should be finished over her tomorrow!
Lohai’s squash (he discovered he LOVED it when he was in Canada) is in
flower so we’ll be enjoying that soon!
Mary Minja, at university in Dar, had a break-in at home and all of her clothes were stolen. We've sent her some money to tide her over and are assembling a package of clothes to send down on the bus.
Mary Minja, at university in Dar, had a break-in at home and all of her clothes were stolen. We've sent her some money to tide her over and are assembling a package of clothes to send down on the bus.
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| Rose, our Mana OVC Scholarship winner just aced her national exam |
It
has been incredibly HOT, but last night and tonight the winds are blowing like
mad . . . the dogs still bark and the roosters still crow all night but somehow
the kilele (noise) of it is becoming normal . . . we hope the container will
arrive by the end of February but keep your fingers crossed . . . Thank you
again, and as always for loving us . . . it is only with your continued care
that we can thrive as we do! Asante for
that!!!
