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| We're weird |
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Matthias, Katja, Julia, Pia, Diana, Me
Daniel, Alex, Michelle, Melanie |
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| Grade 2 Swimming lesson (free play session) |
So I have made it to my first holiday break! I’m tired and
ready for a break but have really enjoyed it so far. I love working with the
children, even the tricky ones and just seeing them grow and learn. Time is
flying so fast here right now it’s crazy. I’ve been here almost two months. Over
the past few weeks in swimming I’ve been preparing the children for the
swimming gala which is happening on the last Saturday of half term, there isn’t
really any chance of us winning, our pools are too small and we don’t have the
capacity to be as serious as some of the schools we are up against, but the
children are really excited about taking part so that’s what counts.
So a quick summery of what my job has been over this half
term. I am a swimming teacher, a teaching assistant and general support. I also
teach grade 6 and 7 music lessons with Michelle. In the evenings on Wednesdays
I help out in the girl’s dorm with their sewing projects which I really enjoy,
I’m also trying to make a dress for Diana, it is proving more difficult than I
expected but I’ll manage.
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Alex, Diana, Pia, Daniel , Me, Julia, Melanie and Michelle
on top of the car at Akabashi |
On the 6
th we all went to Akabashi with the Katja
and Matthias Bachmann. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves going round seeing the
animals and getting to sit on the roof of the car. It was a really great
bonding experience! I took way too many photos
😂📷
My weekends are generally pretty chill although there’s a
lot of cleaning to be done at home in the flat. Zambia is dusty at the moment
so the house gets grubby quick! It’s quite the undertaking on all of our parts.
I even take the carpet outside and beat it 😂. Cleaning used to be a big issue in our
house because I’m not massively fussed about it but my flat mates really are so
I’m learning to be more clean! It’s so much easier now!
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| Tuuuuuubbbees |
Term finished on Wednesday. Thursday was Zambian
Independence day. Pia, Julia, Diana and I went with some of the local English
and German missionaries to Mindolo Dam. We spent the day tubing and other crazy
activities. Pia even water-skied. It was a really awesome day and I loved it. On
Friday we (all the volunteers) went with the Kirk family boys to the pool at ‘plot
20’.
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| Daniels beautiful photo bomb |
Oh I almost forgot to mention we had a new volunteer join us on the 2nd of October from Germany. His name is Daniel and he is working with the IT department
here in the school.
The think I am most thankful for right now is a break! I
love working with the children but sometimes a break is just needed. Especially
since our weekends are often a little busy.
Prayer points for this coming week. We are going camping
tomorrow (27/10/2019) for 4 nights, all the volunteers and our leaders. Please pray
that it will be a restful time away and that we can grow together as a group
and get to know each other better.
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| Another group photo from Akabashi |
