Back to School

We decided that the first day of school would be a fun time to visit one of the schools so off we headed on the back path to Dame's school in the country - 2 miles away. It was a great walk with little villages and groupings of homes. At the school we learned that since it was market day and the first day few kids actually come. Only 50 of the 500 showed up. Six teachers also didn't make it as they had to find accommodation in town and were probably still working on that. We wandered back and then tried to take on the market, busy as ever and lots of hustle and bustle. We had to walk to Kasana to get some money from the ATM so another few hours was killed. During supper Madeline/Shalan and I discussed putting one of the girls through the next year of school. Silvie (13 years) is very bright and one of the top in her class.She had just received her exam results back and she has qualified for high school (grade 8) but her sponsor cannot afford to send her to high school. Once again our pooled resources and came up with the cost - $65 / term - 3 terms per year. Another very grateful young woman who has the ability and thankful by such a small gesture.

Madeline and Shalan  found out the girls didn't even have a mirror (I didn't notice) so they went mirror shopping in town. The were able to get a full length mirror installed for $15 and once again the things we take for granted made their day.

On Monday we decided to walk to Kasana to pick up some gifts along the way I stopped at a cabinetmaker and tried with Sue to get some wood to build work stations for the computers. By the time we finished bargaining we had 2 - 40"x24" tables out of a very hard wood for $40 to be delivered on  Saturday for an extra $2. I want to see the bicycle that delivers them as I am sure it will only  be one bike loaded in a unique way. My bike at home is so underutilized!

Tuesday is Madelines and Shalans last day so we are getting all their stuff ready and we will head with Jackson to the Rotary meeting while he delivers them to the airport then returns to get us after the meeting. We are sure this will be an interesting meeting as our container is being held in "Local Taxation" and they have decided that we should pay tax on the donated sports equipment. I have not been able to confirm my return flight as we are waiting to touch the container.