Hello everyone!
Another week has passed and it has almost come to being 3 full weeks overseas for my sister and I. We are both very excited for what has been happening and for what is to come.
Our week started off with a wonderful visit to the school, on Monday, that I will be teaching at. Furaja, a woman who helps run the school and founded it with her husband Bisoke, picked us up from the Strietzel's home here in Bunia and took us out to Baraka Academy, which is about 5 kilometers away. We arrived at the school and Kristen and I were very excited to see what was happening! Unfortunately, there were only maybe a handful of students there as this was their last week of school and they had just finished all their testing; only the kids who wanted to play in the school grounds were there (and a few studious older students.). The school is beautiful! It has quite a few classrooms, a kitchen with open fire cooking, a meeting place where we will be attending their "promotion" ceremony tomorrow, a playground, and even a clinic. The school specifically is geared towards orphan children; orphan children are able to attend for free and use the clinic for free, but other children come to the school as well. Furaja informed us that there are about 1300 students, 600 of which are orphans! I was very surprised at this number considering the size of the grounds and the size of the high school I attended (a meager 200 with about double the space). They truly care for these children and are trying to give them a better education than what they would be receiving. I'm so excited to be able to teach there!
Wednesday was a fun day. We had two visitors, on in the morning and one in the evening. The morning consisted of hanging out with Valerie, a student from Nyankunde who came to Bunia for her schooling. She came over and played games with us, had tea, and tried to converse. :) It was fun getting to know someone our age and being able to just enjoy spending time with her!
In the evening, a woman from MedAir came over for dinner. Her name is Wendy and it was really fun talking to her as well. She told us all about her life and the clinic she works at here in Bunia, and she even invited us to come and see what she does (although she warned us to have steel stomachs)! I'm hoping to take her up on that offer sometime.
Thursday wasCongolese Independence Day and we celebrated with a party at our house! All of the fellow MAFfers came over and we had Mexican food (funny, not Congolese.....), played Sequence, and had a great time. I got to play with all of their adorable kids and we also enjoyed homemade ginger cookies, ice cream, and hot fudge! YUMMMM.
That brings us to today! Kristen and I have spent the morning just enjoying the nice weather and reading and such, I've been writing this blog post :) and we are unsure as to our plans for the rest of the day. It seems that around here, the times when you find yourself most busy are the times when you have nothing planned....
Enjoy these few pictures from the past week! Sorry I can't give you more....:)
Maranatha.
-Kelly
Another week has passed and it has almost come to being 3 full weeks overseas for my sister and I. We are both very excited for what has been happening and for what is to come.
Our week started off with a wonderful visit to the school, on Monday, that I will be teaching at. Furaja, a woman who helps run the school and founded it with her husband Bisoke, picked us up from the Strietzel's home here in Bunia and took us out to Baraka Academy, which is about 5 kilometers away. We arrived at the school and Kristen and I were very excited to see what was happening! Unfortunately, there were only maybe a handful of students there as this was their last week of school and they had just finished all their testing; only the kids who wanted to play in the school grounds were there (and a few studious older students.). The school is beautiful! It has quite a few classrooms, a kitchen with open fire cooking, a meeting place where we will be attending their "promotion" ceremony tomorrow, a playground, and even a clinic. The school specifically is geared towards orphan children; orphan children are able to attend for free and use the clinic for free, but other children come to the school as well. Furaja informed us that there are about 1300 students, 600 of which are orphans! I was very surprised at this number considering the size of the grounds and the size of the high school I attended (a meager 200 with about double the space). They truly care for these children and are trying to give them a better education than what they would be receiving. I'm so excited to be able to teach there!
Wednesday was a fun day. We had two visitors, on in the morning and one in the evening. The morning consisted of hanging out with Valerie, a student from Nyankunde who came to Bunia for her schooling. She came over and played games with us, had tea, and tried to converse. :) It was fun getting to know someone our age and being able to just enjoy spending time with her!
In the evening, a woman from MedAir came over for dinner. Her name is Wendy and it was really fun talking to her as well. She told us all about her life and the clinic she works at here in Bunia, and she even invited us to come and see what she does (although she warned us to have steel stomachs)! I'm hoping to take her up on that offer sometime.
Thursday wasCongolese Independence Day and we celebrated with a party at our house! All of the fellow MAFfers came over and we had Mexican food (funny, not Congolese.....), played Sequence, and had a great time. I got to play with all of their adorable kids and we also enjoyed homemade ginger cookies, ice cream, and hot fudge! YUMMMM.
That brings us to today! Kristen and I have spent the morning just enjoying the nice weather and reading and such, I've been writing this blog post :) and we are unsure as to our plans for the rest of the day. It seems that around here, the times when you find yourself most busy are the times when you have nothing planned....
Enjoy these few pictures from the past week! Sorry I can't give you more....:)
Maranatha.
-Kelly
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| Kristen and I at Murchison Falls Park...Pointing at Congo. |
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| Sunset over the Nile |
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| Elephant on our Nile Boat Tour |
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| Fruits and Veggies from the Market: Carrots, Cucumbers, Mangoes, Green Peppers, Pineapple, Tomatoes, Avocadoes, Passion Fruit, Blood Fruit, and Papaya. |
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