7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of November
Just as I has expected this week has gone by very quickly. The remedial kids started their testing their week, which will carry on for the next 2 or 3 weeks depending on how well they do. English was on Monday, Math on Tuesday, Environmental Science on Wednesday and today, Thursday was Life Skills. I can’t believe how much testing these kids have to endure every year. Even though they are not long test, just the amount of them is a lot to take in for anyone.
Monday afternoon was spent making lasagna (which between N’Dahafa, Minnie and I will last all week with left overs!)
Tuesday was a frustrating day for me. I was just feeling a lot of cultural differences and was getting impatient with them. Things like the copier not working so we had to handwrite most of the tests for the kids as well as the kids just asking me a new question every couple of seconds, “Teacher, borrow me a pencil!” “Teacher borrow me a rubber” “Teacher, what does this mean?” “Miss, me I don’t understand.” After hearing it all while trying to write the next part of the test myself before they were finished with the first page was just mindboggling. Oh and that plus the extreme heat and humidity we have had this week has not helped!
Wednesday was nice because David and I got to relax in the middle of the day and go to a coffee shop because our morning group ended early and our afternoon group would not be showing up for a couple of hours. The café that we went to actually had a tree in the middle of it. It was really neat and inspiring!
Thursday was another hot one. We are still waiting for the rain to happen because the humidity is just making all the students, including myself sluggish and lazy. That and the fact that they have been in school all day and are either taking or studying for exams as well. We also had Bible Study on Thursday night, which is always another highlight during the week.
Friday was a hectic day with me flying as solo teacher for the remedial program and handing out tests for the kids as well as leaving our teacher’s meeting early to meet with Margie, another fellow missionary from Australia to help me sew the tablecloth I bought last weekend into a blanket! Amazingly enough we finished it early that evening, which was so exciting to me! Now I can bring back a piece of Namibia as well as memories of great fellowship all in that one piece! Another exciting part about Friday was that Sarah got off work early and her and Hannah got to have a head start on the weekend here in Windhoek! Friday night we watched Becoming Jane, not an African movie, but a good quality chick flick! We had a great time catching up and eating our chocolate!
Saturday was spent walking around Namcraft in the morning, looking at all the different vendors and deciding what to bring home. Then we got lunch in the terrace of the craft center, which was very fun! After walking around downtown we decided to stop for coffee in the Hilton, since we had not been in it yet (yes, we have a Hilton in Windhoek!). It was so nice to have a little taste of what some of the tourist experience on the holidays in Namibia. After coffee, we decided to walk towards Minnie’s house in Eros, but not before we made a pit stop and caught up with the Brown’s on their trip to Erindi and Swakapmond! It was so nice to chat with Steve, Pam and Emily about their trip. Afterwards we decided to head back to my house with Emily, Sarah, Hannah, Robert, David, Corrie and Anika (yup, we roll deep!) for the Pilipino night she was having with all her Pilipino friends! We got to eat amazing food and sing karaoke (which is a tradition at their gettogethers!). It was lots of fun and great fellowship!
Today, Sunday was spent going to my last church service at New Song. It was a bizarre feeling because even though I went to the church weekly and had some friends from there I really did not have enough time to really get involved with the church as a whole. This is something that I want to make sure I make a priority when I get back home, wherever I may be living! After church, Hannah, Sarah and I went to Fresh and Wild for our last Sunday lunch and walked home just having sweet talks along the way. I really appreciate those girls and I don’t know what I will do without them! The rest of the afternoon I spent starting to pack, which is still so weird for me! It really will not hit me that I am leaving until after the plane takes off!
Things to be praying for me this week,
-Saying my goodbyes to friends this week, this will be difficult and I am not usually very good with them
-Safety for my trip home and promptness on boarding each flight
-Making sure my words and conversations are intentional when I go home
-Making the Lord harvest whatever seeds are being planted here
Thanks so much for checking in, I will be posting again soon! God Bless!
The Inside of the Tree House Cafe!
Treehouse Coffee House!
The girls at lunch on the terrace!
Enjoying some coffee at the Hilton!
The Inside of the Tree House Cafe!
Treehouse Coffee House!
The girls at lunch on the terrace!
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