We started our day with a morning devotional lead by employees of HOM. The session was accompanied by live music and we learned a new song, "There's No One Like Jesus." It became the theme for the day as it was sung at a school we visited later in the day where we were "taught" the song again. (Our memories are short.)
We visited two schools in the morning. Garden Presbyterian (grades 1 - 6) appeared to be better equipped than most we have visited so far. This seems to be due to a proactive and resourceful minister. Garden Hills was next (grades 7 - 9). This is where the Garden Presbyterian students go after grade 6.
Next was St. Stevens where we did the bracelet activity with older students. We were impressed by a few students who created bracelets without a loom, using two fingers! Unfortunately we ran into the change in sessions as they have two, morning and afternoon.
On our way to the next school, N'gombe we enjoyed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches prepared by the HOM staff. At this school we provided several activities. They included yarn pictures with a grade 5 class and circle necklaces with a grade 2 class in the library. (Ask a team member to describe the library.) Songs were sung, then dances and poetry were performed by students. This was a welcomed surprise. More songs were shared in other classrooms. This is where we were "taught" our new song once more. This time we think it stuck.
We were, again, impressed by how polite, respectful, and especially how cheerful the students were. We were, again, pained by the lack of resources.
Suzanne
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