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Joy has had a headache for the past couple of days so decided that she would stay at Heart Lodge today to rest.
So, Don's had an amazing day on his own!! He has become an excellent teacher!!
Don's day began at 7:45 when he arrived at school for the Friday Assembly which is held outdoors. His intent was to take a picture of the entire student body and staff. However, the sun would not co-operate. The sun was in front of him and the picture would not have turned out. It would have taken a lot of work to move the 300 or more students so that the sun was behind Don so he was only able to take pictures of groups of children. The pictures are still great!!
Don was asked to speak at the assembly and also was asked to teach everyone the "Hokey Pokey". We think that this song will be our trademark at the school.
After the assembly, Don went to a meeting of the Christian Union. We both thought that this would be a meeting with some reps from this organization. Well, were we ever wrong! When Don walked into the classroom, it was filled with students and Don was asked to teach the children about God. Talk about having to think on your feet. This was a Bible Class! But, as usual, God is Good, and Don was able to tell the story of the Three Trees. He most recently told this story to the children at our church in November so it was still fairly fresh in his mind. The children were most attentive throughout the story and appreciated some of the drawings that he did to illustrate the story. At the conclusion of the story, Jackson, the Head Master, was able to
relate to the students how he wanted to be in the Army and how God had changed the direction of his life and led him into teaching.
From that, Don immediately went to the ESL class, where he taught, on his own, 3 classes. He even led the class in the songs that Joy had taught them this week. Don is developing quite the singing voice, which will "stay in Kenya when we leave!!!" We had planned a lot of content for today's classes, so Don was able to keep the students active for the entire time. He really enjoyed being on his own and had a wonderful time with the girls! Don took lots of pictures of the girls which we hope to print and leave with them.
This afternoon, Aaron picked us up and took us to downtown Nairobi. It was a great experience. We were able to visit a shop that people here at Heart House had recommended. Downtown Nairobi is a very busy place with people walking everywhere and cars driving in every direction! Surprise.....Don didn't take any pictures downtown because we didn't want to draw attention to ourselves. Also, one can get arrested for taking pictures of any government building, army personnel and policemen.....Don did not want to make this mistake!!!
It is now 6:20 and we are back at Heart House looking forward to another amazing meal...as we have said before, the food here is very tasty!!! We have heard that Heart Lodge is one of the best guest houses in Nairobi and we feel extremely blessed to have this as our home away from home. The staff are simply amazing and go out of their way to make us feel welcome.
So, Don's had an amazing day on his own!! He has become an excellent teacher!!
Don's day began at 7:45 when he arrived at school for the Friday Assembly which is held outdoors. His intent was to take a picture of the entire student body and staff. However, the sun would not co-operate. The sun was in front of him and the picture would not have turned out. It would have taken a lot of work to move the 300 or more students so that the sun was behind Don so he was only able to take pictures of groups of children. The pictures are still great!!
Don was asked to speak at the assembly and also was asked to teach everyone the "Hokey Pokey". We think that this song will be our trademark at the school.
After the assembly, Don went to a meeting of the Christian Union. We both thought that this would be a meeting with some reps from this organization. Well, were we ever wrong! When Don walked into the classroom, it was filled with students and Don was asked to teach the children about God. Talk about having to think on your feet. This was a Bible Class! But, as usual, God is Good, and Don was able to tell the story of the Three Trees. He most recently told this story to the children at our church in November so it was still fairly fresh in his mind. The children were most attentive throughout the story and appreciated some of the drawings that he did to illustrate the story. At the conclusion of the story, Jackson, the Head Master, was able to
relate to the students how he wanted to be in the Army and how God had changed the direction of his life and led him into teaching.
From that, Don immediately went to the ESL class, where he taught, on his own, 3 classes. He even led the class in the songs that Joy had taught them this week. Don is developing quite the singing voice, which will "stay in Kenya when we leave!!!" We had planned a lot of content for today's classes, so Don was able to keep the students active for the entire time. He really enjoyed being on his own and had a wonderful time with the girls! Don took lots of pictures of the girls which we hope to print and leave with them.
This afternoon, Aaron picked us up and took us to downtown Nairobi. It was a great experience. We were able to visit a shop that people here at Heart House had recommended. Downtown Nairobi is a very busy place with people walking everywhere and cars driving in every direction! Surprise.....Don didn't take any pictures downtown because we didn't want to draw attention to ourselves. Also, one can get arrested for taking pictures of any government building, army personnel and policemen.....Don did not want to make this mistake!!!
It is now 6:20 and we are back at Heart House looking forward to another amazing meal...as we have said before, the food here is very tasty!!! We have heard that Heart Lodge is one of the best guest houses in Nairobi and we feel extremely blessed to have this as our home away from home. The staff are simply amazing and go out of their way to make us feel welcome.
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