Singing, Suds, and Slugs

Dear readers,

Yesterday, the whole school sang a couple of songs, in French, Runyankoli, and English. Then each grade presented their own song. The seventh grade jammed out to "Never Say Never" by Justin Bieber, while doing the worm, and rapping! This caused the whole school to stand up, dance, and sing along. 


While this was fun, the highlight of the day was definitely when Emilia headed her first ball, and three more! Two of them were in the right direction...


Today was a totally chilled out day. We took two periods off to chat with the seventh graders about the US.
They asked us about homosexuality; religion in the school system; our views on Obama, Osama Bin Laden, and Gaddafi. Somehow, the subject turned to poor eyesight. To the delight of the kids, Mattie took out one of her contacts, and walked it around. As they had never seen one before, this was exciting for all.

Fridays are cleaning days, so after our daily soccer ritual, rooms were filled with soapy suds, and the kids were slipping and sliding down the corridors. When Mattie tried to skid over the freshly mopped floor, her converse had too much traction, and the Ugandan children gathered to laugh. She redeemed herself by impressing them after easily picking up their clapping games.

At the end of the day, both of us had mastered every twist, turn, and jump they had in store for us. Exhausted, we settled down. Mattie made friends with the dog, Police, and the mini slug she found on him. Emilia had her hair admired and braided by both girls and boys.

All in all, today was a successful bonding experience with the older grades. This weekend, we are going on a safari!

Love,
Mattie and Emilia