This week I’m posting a short blog (you’re probably grateful for that …) because the little finger on my left hand minds it when I hit the shift key or a’s, or q’s, or z’s. I cut the tip of it really well the other day when I was cutting grapes from their stem, and so I have an excuse to go slow on the typing. The story of grapes and Dodoma is one for another day.
Our water is back now for the past couple of days, and having a hot shower two days in a row is a nice luxury. The weather is getting warmer, so a shower in the evening feels especially good these days. There were workmen around for two days, from early morning until late in the evening, putting up the gates on the wall around the house. They are huge, and sliding, so it took quite a bit of expertise to install them well. They still need to be painted but at long last they’re up. We should really be secure when the landlord finishes everything he has planned, and installing the gates was a big step in that direction. It’s not as though we feel insecure here, but with a lot of young people out of work and this part of the country suffering from drought this year, it wouldn’t be too surprising to have some attempts at robbery. So far so good, knock on wood, and hopefully that will continue.
Yesterday and today are the holidays of Idd el Fitri, the Muslim celebration at the end of the month of Ramadhan. These are national holidays, so everyone is having a day off. Most Muslim families are celebrating with special meals, maybe some new clothes, visiting family and friends. Tomorrow I begin teaching at the Village of Hope Primary School, Standards VI and VII. The VII’s will be only the children from the Village because they have already finished their exams and those who aren’t resident there are at their own homes. The VI’s will be a mixture of kids, and altogether there will be about 40, I guess. The classes will be revision for the older ones and extra work for the younger ones, mostly in oral English. I can’t wait to meet them and begin to know them!
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