March in Tete
We had a good two weeks of rain. It was drippy, sloppy, and lovely. Now the grasses are green on the rocky hillsides. The baobabs stand sentinel over the low scrub bushes covering the landscape. The goats and cows are happy to graze in abundance. The temperatures are mostly in the 80'sF or 30C.
Our routines are established in school for the kids, translation office is moved to town. We are fixing stuff up in our rental house. I've got Mark ready for printing, but the copy shop messed it up. So now I have to sort out the usable parts and ask for them to redo the others. I should have been so easy! I'm glad I only asked for 100 copies to start with instead of 1000!
We are seeing increased partnership interest with the Dept of Education. Please continue to pray for our relationships there. They value our input as linguists... and as possible funders for training and materials production. It takes a lot of wisdom to communicate with them on how we can cooperate.
I've made a visit to Mufa-Caconde, Matambo, and Changara schools. Interesting to see up close how kids in rural areas are studying. I've seen cows leaving empty classrooms... tasted the salty water from their well... and had a look at their portable library (which consists of 3 AIDS prevention magazine titles, some puzzles and several board games). Despite it all, there are almost 1000 kids per school toughing it out in less than perfect conditions to learn the basics.
March is marching by... by the end of the month, we have a visit to Nampula for our SIL Moz Conference. We will elect a new director and decide which new directions our work will take on in the next few years. It is exciting to be a part of change, but also a challenge. We each need to be willing to follow God's lead... anywhere, right?
Our routines are established in school for the kids, translation office is moved to town. We are fixing stuff up in our rental house. I've got Mark ready for printing, but the copy shop messed it up. So now I have to sort out the usable parts and ask for them to redo the others. I should have been so easy! I'm glad I only asked for 100 copies to start with instead of 1000!
We are seeing increased partnership interest with the Dept of Education. Please continue to pray for our relationships there. They value our input as linguists... and as possible funders for training and materials production. It takes a lot of wisdom to communicate with them on how we can cooperate.
I've made a visit to Mufa-Caconde, Matambo, and Changara schools. Interesting to see up close how kids in rural areas are studying. I've seen cows leaving empty classrooms... tasted the salty water from their well... and had a look at their portable library (which consists of 3 AIDS prevention magazine titles, some puzzles and several board games). Despite it all, there are almost 1000 kids per school toughing it out in less than perfect conditions to learn the basics.
March is marching by... by the end of the month, we have a visit to Nampula for our SIL Moz Conference. We will elect a new director and decide which new directions our work will take on in the next few years. It is exciting to be a part of change, but also a challenge. We each need to be willing to follow God's lead... anywhere, right?
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