Traci didn’t have time to write up a new blog this week, but I wanted to give everyone a glimpse of what she was up to. Here is a excerpt of an email she sent to me that sums up what she has been doing; as informative, if not as descriptive as her normal prose.
Things here are going well. I have been building all week and I am
happy that I can take a little break from it next week because my
wrist is a little swollen on my right hand from rolling and packing
mud so much. I have little cuts and scraps all over my hands
too…hehe. I think I definitely have some muscle definition in my
skinny arms now…hehe. So, my classes seem to be going very well.
The camp actually organized a “nursery” class for the children at the
camps (3-5 years old) and the parents of the children are pulling
their money together to pay a teacher to watch them all day every day.
And then I will take 10 of them at a time to another classroom that
they made for me during my scheduled English classes. I’m happy that
I at least “inspired” them to take care of the children that aren’t in
school, even while I am not teaching. I will start next week Monday
and I am here in Nakuru today to buy more materials and what not. I
also mentioned that I will be helping the 8th graders in their English
and maybe other school work that they have. That is three times a
week in the late afternoon for an hour. If I knew I was going to be
teaching English more than anything else I would have brought my
textbooks ’cause I don’t remember a lot of the rules already, but for
the little ones it shouldn’t be a problem…but the 8th class is
pretty advanced in English.
