General Thoughts

-This morning we spent the morning preparing the south facing wall of the main building to run the gutters. After lunch we headed to Mbita, which was about a 30 minute ride west of Luanda, to visit Benson and then Mark’s school. The schools are very simple, and the students appear to have very little in terms of supplies, but they appear to be all avid learners. When prompted to answer a question, the snap their fingers vigorously trying to get the teachers attention. Compared to a US school, they are all very very well behaved and appear to be much more eager to learn

-In general, people in Kenya are very friendly and nice, almost to a fault… We’ve had to walk home in the dark twice because too friendly a Kenya talked us into the wee hours of the night. Generally everyone is happy to meet us and we have numerous visitors a day. It seems as if we get a visitor every morning… a person who generally just wants to come by and meet us… or give their daily salutations. The children are all quite hilarious as well. I think people must know we are coming for miles due to the chorus of children yelling “mzungu” or in English “whiteperson.” Our walk home in the evening is also entertaining, as we are usually ambushed by children and adults alike who want to shake our hands or give their greetings.
-Scott