week 5

I can’t believe that it has been a month already! (well now almost 2 but I’m getting there)…I woke up Monday morning and thought I think my 30 days is almost up…but it was too late to really thing about going to town…lucky me my 30 days was up on Tuesday. So in with the school bus because though very early it is the easiest way to get in. ran a few errands and then went to immigration at 9…I thought that is when they open but now I think it might be 830…but the guys who take my passport and give me the paperwork I needed were in good moods and we had nice chats and jokes…almost thought I would get the whole year for a joke (but alas). And then I went to the next office over to pay the fee and that was crowded! So many people and no one moving—I found out that the network was down but should be fixed soon…right. So standing and standing and standing…3 hours later I finally made it to the front of the line and got to pay my money…but it was 12 and the person who gives the final receipt had gone to lunch. Of course. She came back after I waited only about 10 minutes (lucky me). But then I had to figure that the guys who were holding my passport were at lunch—but they weren’t though they did tell me it was lunch time and took a while to give me my passport—and then the stamp (I had to ask for it specifically) but that went smoothly after the line to pay! Good for 60 days!
Next renovation job was putting panes back into the windows of 8 frames…each had 5 panes…putty around the edges and then making it look nice. A time consuming job but not too difficult. Two days later when it had dried james and I put them up…he’d been so smart at marking the frames with numbers (1-4) and whether it was the left or right side of the window…but then I think he got his left and his right backwards…so it was a little bit of a puzzle to get them back in the right window so that the screws fit the frames again—but we were successful in the end.
Another training this time of youth leaders back at Ndzobwe (where the chilangizo was). This was for youth who are leaders in their congregations (I think). James talked of the church and its structure and its responsibilities to each level of the structure. How we must let other levels know what we are doing and keep everyone involved otherwise we may go astray or double up on responsibilities. Then we talked about the programs that were going on in the different congregations—what was for all youth and what was for either guys or girls…girls are pretty quiet in these meetings even when asked direct questions though of course there are exceptions. At the end I gave some closing remarks which mostly was thanking them for their enthusiasm, energy and dedication to following the Lord and being leaders. Then James said some words, Abusa said some words and then abusa asked us to say closing words—I thought that was what I had just done!! I think I looked a bit foolish but I didn’t have any more to say…
Went to Ebenezer on Friday for the final day of the term. Parents had been invited to come and observe the classes so I also went from class to class to see what was going on. Still feel that I’m a bit of an interruption as many of the kids stop whatever they are doing to stare at me but then they most likely do that for everyone. It was nice to see what they were doing in class—feels like they are moving forward and the kids seem to be picking up on the English!