7/1/2013
Eengedjo has
a lot of bugs! Since the first night, though, we are getting better at handling
2” beetles in the sink, and cooking dinner by cande light at Ted and Jessie’s
apartment.
When we
arrived, everyone was taken aback by the messiness of their apartment—the stove
is just now looking clean, thanks to hours of work scrubbing and soaking by
Jamie. But we all worked together to
help Jessie and Ted to make their home feel/be home-y.
We have been
teaching every morning, and in the afternoon, we talk about teaching theory.
Yesterday, two of the learners, Rauna and Endwing came and sat in on our
lessons. They were very sweet. Rauna wants to be an agriculture teacher! We
were able to engage in lots of conversation about what that entails here. They study business, cattle breeds and
sowing/harvesting (no floral arranging, though). Since most families live on subsistence
farming, it all seemed very applicable.
We see cows,
pigs, goats, and donkeys all over town, since land here is all communal. This makes me miss Rosie. I haven’t made any deep connections with
livestock yet, but babies have been coming to school with older siblings, so we
get to play! We had a huge circle of learners and teachers passing a soccer
ball around, and that helped everyone relax a lot.
It has been
very hot and buggy here so far, so I just washed and hung some dresses during
our lunch break. It is now POURING rain,
and thundering and lightning. While beautiful, cooling and refreshing… really?!
Crappy timing! On the plus side, it is so much cooler now! I might even bust
out a long-sleeved shirt. It’s like 70
degrees F. Brrrrr!
An
additional amazing thing today: It is MANGO SEASON! Some learners returned to
school this afternoon to sell them for N$4 (less that US $1)! And. They. Were.
Delicious. Note the past tense. They were gone FAST! Omnomnom! Welcome to
Africa!
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