Oct 27Today was a gruelling day! After breakfast we took 2 taxi’s to a suburb in the east end of the city called Kissy. Here we visited a school that my in-law’s mission (Christian’s in Action) runs. The school has about 800 students and it felt like at least ¼ of them were in the courtyard ready to greet us. We were swarmed with children desperately trying to touch us. In the crush, I felt like a Hollywood actress with no security guards!
Once the teachers re-gained control of the students, we were toured around the school with each class standing and greeting us in unison “welcome uncle, welcome auntie, welcome friends” The headmistress of the school made a big deal about the first aid kit I gave them, saying no gift was small.
We visited one other smaller school before heading to a bakery with air conditioning. It was like heaven: when we first walked in, it actually felt COLD! We acclimatised quickly and re-fuelled with western-style food and plenty of water.
Back at the YMCA, we relaxed and most of us became Mennonite again by having matta-shlope before gathering back together for faspa & Wiebe family bonding time. It has been wonderful spending time with, and getting to know, my husband’s family more… I wish we could be together longer… only 10 more days in Africa!
S.W.
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