Today we found out that the observers from the
government were gone, so we were able to visit all of our classes! It was great
to see our standard 2b kids again! We did the LEAs with our classes and then
let them play soccer (or “football”) for the rest of the time. It’s just so
much fun playing and hanging out with them. After awhile, somehow we always
attract a group of students towards us. We all try our best to communicate with
one another, normally with questions or just pointing and saying stuff in
English and Chichewa. The typical questions are always, “What is your name?”
and, “How old are you?” Whenever they say their names, I always try to repeat
it back because most are really hard to pronounce and remember. Today this one
boy was trying to tell me his name, but I just couldn’t get it right. It was
over six syllables and I could not understand any of the sounds he was making.
I asked him to write his name in the dirt (which we do all the time) and it
helped a lot! I clearly wasn’t correctly pronouncing the “nsmid-…” at the
beginning of his name… my bad ;)
The rest of the day was great! We went to
M.I.E. and continued our sewing lessons with the girls. It’s a lot of fun
hanging with them and teaching them how to sew. When I helped one girl out for
a little while, some of others would get impatient and would try to get my
attention. They kept saying, “Madam, I am finished!” or, “More thread, Madam!”
It was cracking me up, because it reminded me of them impatient teenagers I’ve
taught back in America. Teenage girls are the same in every country and in
every culture. Maybe the girls back at home get frustrated about waiting for
the new iPhone to come out, but the girls here get just as annoyed waiting for
me to cut more thread for them. It’s pretty funny :) But they’re a great group
of girls, and I’m so happy I’m able to teach them something that will actually
make an impact on their lives.
Rebecca and I started packing a little today,
so that’s a little sad :(
Only three more days left in Zomba :(
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