This morning we walked to the hardware shop to buy some
paint and equipment to do some painting. I don’t think they expected two white,
European women to be out alone and buying such things and we amassed quite an
audience. We also went into a shop to buy some biscuits. It is hard to describe
what some of the shops are like but let’s just say that the droppings on the
shelf were bigger than a mouse’s!
The home has a strict regime that starts at 5am for morning prayers followed by exercise. Then its breakfast before going to school at 7.30am. There is an English lesson 4-5pm which we have been helping with. The girls lead evening prayers at 6.30pm and then spend the next hour or so doing homework. The bell lets them know that its dinner time and then afterwards its back to the homework until 10pm. In addition, all of the children have their chores to do. Step and I attend the evening prayer and then spend time with the girls helping them with their homework. Although we brought a lot of ‘crafty’ things to do, we haven’t had a chance because all of the girl’s time is taken up with their regular routine. They also have a pretty full day on Saturday but have some free time in the afternoon. So we will be making loom bands with them. The girls are very affectionate and they all seem so happy which is surprising because the majority of them have had so much suffering and abuse in their short lives. They call us Aunty and some of them are a bit cheeky to us but in a good way.
There was no visiting today and so we did a lot of reading
in the sunshine and watched the birds. We saw a kingfisher and also saw a
peacock fly up into a tree. I’m told that they often land on the roof of the
building where we are staying.
The grounds of the House of Joy has lots of huge palm trees
and today and a man came round to climb the trees and cut off a lot of the
coconuts. We were brought coconut water from the king coconuts; very
refreshing. This afternoon it rained and
rained. The mosquitoes have been out in force again and we both have several
new bites.
The home has a strict regime that starts at 5am for morning prayers followed by exercise. Then its breakfast before going to school at 7.30am. There is an English lesson 4-5pm which we have been helping with. The girls lead evening prayers at 6.30pm and then spend the next hour or so doing homework. The bell lets them know that its dinner time and then afterwards its back to the homework until 10pm. In addition, all of the children have their chores to do. Step and I attend the evening prayer and then spend time with the girls helping them with their homework. Although we brought a lot of ‘crafty’ things to do, we haven’t had a chance because all of the girl’s time is taken up with their regular routine. They also have a pretty full day on Saturday but have some free time in the afternoon. So we will be making loom bands with them. The girls are very affectionate and they all seem so happy which is surprising because the majority of them have had so much suffering and abuse in their short lives. They call us Aunty and some of them are a bit cheeky to us but in a good way.
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