Schools

Another good week here in Tanzania. This week was fairly uneventful compared to last week. I mostly hung out with the babies =P But, I did get the opportunity to visit a few schools. The first school is extremely poor. It is located outside of Arusha in the middle of nowhere. This is a primary school and we got to sit in on classrooms and talk with a few teachers. One teachers' story stole my heart! She lives at an orphanage, so that she may volunteer at night and on the weekends. But during the work week, she dala dalas one hour through town and then walks 1 1/2 hours (!) to be at the school to teach 40 4-6 year olds! And, did I mention, she doesn't get paid? I was so blessed to meet with her and we shared teaching stories and chatted like old friends. I hope to get the opportunity to visit her at her orphanage again this week.

The second school we visited is called Peace House Secondary. It is a boarding school, just built last year, outside of Arusha. The school only accepts the poorest of the poor, which they verify through house visits and an extensive application process. If a child qualifies (meaning has no money and passes a standard test), the school pays for everything for that child. This includes, books, food, everything...Personally, I LOVED this school and was very interested to hear they have volunteer housing on campus and would accept volunteer teachers....hmmmm.

This weekend was also good. Friday night we went to a concert at a local church that featured Massai singers and dancers. It was so incredible to hear their testimonies (they are Christian). And delightful to hear them sing...


Yesterday was a day of rest and today was church! In between, of course, baby time =P We took toddlers to church again today and they are becoming naturals at travelling with us girls. A little sad that Candice and Nina leave this week! 3 more girls will be arriving tomorrow at the house though and hopefully we will get along just as well!


It is crazy to think that I only have a few weeks left in TZ. Everyday I get a little bit sadder about thinking of leaving these babies. Especially when they have such uncertain futures. I am praying every single one will be welcomed into a loving Christian family. Certainly our God is big enough?


Love! Jess


Visiting primary school

Candice and I with some of the Massai singers