Teaching the Women
It is cold here on the Equator at 5500 feet elevation. July and August are their cold months and it has been in the 70’s every since we came. There is no heat in the homes or hotels. The only heat is near the “jiko’s” where they cook the food. We visited Sweetwaters Animal Park on Thursday and got some good shots of a herd of giraffes. We saw many other animals including getting my picture made with a Black Rhino. This park is on the equator.
Friday we taught in the women’s class in the morning and met with the staff in the afternoon. We are very pleased with the progress of the staff in less that a year at the school compound. However there is still much to be done. We talked a lot about budgeting and getting out of debt. They all want us rich Americans to loan them the money for things from furniture to farms (Shamba’s). I explained that we are also working a plan to get out of debt.
Today is Saturday and we hired a taxi and driver to take us to several places in town to determine the prices of things such as school uniforms, iron sheets(we call it sheet iron) for building, cement, tools, and stuff. It amazes me how the native people here don’t know how to do simple tasks like building a small guard house or a fence. The pastors and the street boys all want to learn some trades or ways to earn money. The people don’t tithe so the pastors do not receive a salary. They want to get a goat or some chuicken to earn maney. I have really been working with the staff that we must change the way everyone thinks so that as the students go back home they can effect some changes in their own church and community. We are going to get some chickens and a couple of goats for the school so they see and learn and will have milk for their tea.
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