We will take more, post more, and make them bigger for next time. Suggestions? Things you want to see or know about? Let us know, we don't know if it's boring or not -- its just regular for us :)
Sophia after a long day of teaching waiting for the bus. KHS sits on the hill in the background
Transform your future! 800 students total - 600 boarding.
The school has a nice garden, and apparently want to start a farm also...there are cows roaming around right next door. A nice touch. Often times in town you will see a huge truck full of these cows (with horns) with one guy sitting on top watching them, making sure not to get horned.
Students relaxing during lunch. 12:30 - 2:00! If only we all had lunch breaks that long...
Fellow teachers working/preparing during one of their free blocks in the "teachers lounge"
The KHS "bell".
One of our S2 students is the time keeper, and has to leave class to go hit it, when a class is over. Some classes are 40-50 minutes, others are 1hour 40minutes - 2hours.
Our Senior 2 room. The students don't move from classroom to classroom, as in America, the teachers are the ones that do the moving. The students also take their lessons in English or french (with Kinyarwanda mixed in for sure). We are teaching the Anglophones, as opposed to the Francophone students.
View from the Senior 2 doorway. We are at the end, as it works its way up, Senior 3, 4 etc..
The Kabuga Dining hall/cafeteria/kitchen
We like to laugh...Sophia and I surely did something "American" here.
Our wonderful Senior 2 class! Still working on names...but we have most of them down.
A view of the hillside from Gisozi, a genocide just a short ride from our home. The beautiful gardens and extensive museum kept us there for hours.
The view off the patio/porch in the back of the compound. Our room is down off to the right. We usually sit on the patio in the morning and sip our tea and eat our peanut butter sandwiches. What a nice way to greet the day.
The "kitchen" Our cook Cariste is wonderful. Everyone morning we say good morning to him or Moramutze (good morning in Kinyarwanda) and all we ever get is "yego" (yes). But he is wonderful cook and no matter what time of day, always seems to be cooking!
This ones for Ned Houston.
Sophia coming out of room at the compound
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Sophia's impression of Billy Madison in the top picture!
Looks cool that you have a group of students your gettin to know. I'm sure you will all come to gain from one another You better introduce them to the Wu.
The bell looks nicer than the one we used to have down at Ol Granville elementary.
Hello Hello to Anna & Sophia,
Congratulations to the new teachers!! Sounds like you've jumped right in and I expect you are learning as much from your students as they are from you. I look forward to seeing you both in action in April and meeting your students!!
Your blog is wonderful...full of information, insights, and now photos!! Such fun to read about your daily life and work. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing this experience with HUHS and VT.
You both are missed here. We had another REP potluck meeting last night with a video and discussion about the books we are reading, fundraising updates, and trip prep.
Sending big hugs and lots of love,
Pat
Hi Anna and Sophia.
The pictures are wonderful. I can finally put pictures and words together to make your experience come alive!
You are doing such a special thing, helping these students. It is something they will never forget. Your dedication to your work will carry many of these students forward and you should be proud to know that their successes are partially because of you. You are truly making a difference...not something that all people have a chance to do in their lifetime!
I would love to see some close up shots of your students. I know you say they love to laugh, their faces will help tell us that story too.
Love to you both from snowy Vermont!
Hello Sophia and Anna
It's great to see your photos and all the wonderful things you girls are doing!!We have a snow day(AGAIN!)here in Vt.Grace and I are having fun seeing your pictures!I will try to forward this to Sophie in Chile! Love,Patty Kirpan and Grace
Hey Anna & Sophia !!! :)
It is so cool, your great Blog, with great photos and great stories. It surly tells of the greatness of your mission and how rewarding it is to you both.
You shared with us a photo of your kitchen and of your cook Cariste, and that it seems that he is always cooking. I'll bet he didn't cook that peanut butter sandwich. ;)
So how and what are you guys indulging in of his cooking and the local fare? It has to be very interesting.
So more snow in VT I read above, what a winter.
Here in Cocoa Beach we had a really bad storm system move through this past Tuesday afternoon with a Tornado touch down on A1A just south of Ron Jon's. It tore the entire truss roof system of of one condo and threw it over the wall on to the neighboring condo. What a mess, 15 people are with out condo homes to live in for about a month. It smashed cars and all. Darlene had a huge tree branch fall onto her roof and back porch that I had to cut up and move. My house is OK. That's how our crazy winter is going.
Keep your great stories and photos coming, I look forward to it all.
Love and good graces to you both, Uncle Jim
Nice Sweatshirt Sophia...
Hope you guys are doing good!
-Ben
Hey Guys,
the photos are beautiful. What an amazing experience, I am so happy that this all worked out well for you guys! We all miss you lots. Soph Latin is nothing without you
love,
zar
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