A DAY OF REST

Today was our first Sunday at Grace and we got up and went to church which is held up at the Rec Hall by the school. All of the children attend and they sing and listen to the pastor for an hour service. After church, I took a small group of boys out walking outside the grounds. Because they don't get to go out very often, there are line ups of kids who want to go and we have to make lists so everyone gets a turn. We walked around the villages outside of Grace and the boys went hunting for "red fruits" which grow under the ground. Clement and Bill explained to me about how Nshima is made. The dried corn is all bundled up together and then the husks are pulled off and opened up. The pieces of corn are then pulled off the cobb and dried out….didn't hear anymore after that as they got distracted with the red fruit!!!! Today, a small group of kids wanted me to start reading aloud a novel to them, so we sat under a tree and I began reading The Breadwinner. They loved in and can't wait for me to read more tomorrow. I think when we finish this book, I will read Belly Up to them…. Early to bed tonight as tomorrow is my first proper teaching day.