Day Six - Blog Post by Grace Lockwood

Day 6-Grace Lockwood

With a total of 6 hours of sleep, Grace Dymski, Gabrielle, and myself awoke to freezing cold air and a long day ahead.  We set out on a mission to cook breakfast for the entire school.  We were expecting to have a fun baking day, getting to stand in front of the toasty oven, but it turns out we were wrong.  Instead, we observed the intriguing practice of making porridge.  Although not baking was a disappointment, Lydia (the cook) was wonderful to talk to and kept our morning lively.  We were able serve the children their breakfast and even got to try some ourselves (Not great but it warms your stomach). We then met up with the well-rested others and did our morning prayer. Splitting up we all headed to different classes, some as teachers and some as assistant teachers. I was with the crazy second and third graders and “tee-cha Kimbaly”. Although it was hard to be productive, spending time with the kids was worth it. Later in the afternoon, we had a fun game of keep away and my team decided that our name would be the superhero’s, each of us taking the name of a different super hero (this made it much easier to pronounce then their African names). We then played a very aggressive game of steal the bacon, which ended almost every round with a pile of students trying to get the ball. Shortly after, we had a lesson on Joshua where we fell down as soon as the 7^th grade students blew their party horns. Then we went home and made dinner and showered. Overall a very productive day. Peace out, see you soon!