The One With My First Walk To The Market (written 9/6/2012)

Yesterday afternoon two of the teachers at Kafule, Stela and Kivega, came by to take us to the market.  It is about a 45 minute walk down a very steep hill but it is gorgeous the whole way.  Food here is seasonal so we were able to get avocados, bananas, yams and tomatoes.   We walked past one the district fields where a soccer match was going on.  Kafule has soccer, netball, and volleyball teams.  Kivega asked is I have ever played volleyball.  I told him I never have competitively but that I have played for fun.  He asked me to coach the team…

When we got back to Kafule Stela and Kivega dropped us off at our house.  Stela felt so bad to not coming in and helping is make dinner but she has a cold a needed to get home.  She made sure we were all set though, asking what we were going to make, how we were going to make it and if there was anything else that we needed.  We managed our first dinner on our own just fine.  Later that night we got this text message from Stela, “Don’t feel lonely this night, I’m praying for you and there is the blood of our Lord behind to protect you all the time, call His name at night.  Lala salama (sleep peacefully).”  I cat even tell you how blessed I feel to have this incredible teaching staff here. 

Stela was back this morning to help us with breakfast.  I then did some laundry and after lunch Dahlia and I are going to walk over to the school where we will get to see the class schedule and look over where the students are in the syllabus.