24 September 2009 – Thursday

As we left our boarding we noticed a whole troop of monkeys – well over 20 -  in the yard of the neighboring church. We tried to catch them in a picture but they quickly ran across the yard when we approached. It is at this time when I wish we had a really good camera with a 300mm lens.

We had English class at the Nzamas and everyone was there again. It is really good to see gogo Nzama feeling so much better. She is eating well and starting to gain back some of the weight she lost over the month of her illness. Muki is working more hours and her increase in income should be helping the family. They are excellent members and it is a joy to be with them each week.

After English we went to the Port Durnford chapel and had Youth. There is 6 to 8 stalwarts and others who come from time to time. Mary had them work on a couple of Articles of Faith and Lindani showed that he had memorized all 13. Although I had not promised anything for those who did, I gave him a good prize for being the first to do it without being prompted. He has a good memory and hopefully does well in school.

We then played a version of Simon Says and after a short time it was obvious that we were not going to get very many of them out so we stopped and went to the memory game where each person repeats what has been mentioned – in this case things you buy when shopping – until there is only one person left. They do very well in this game and we got up to about 20 items before the first person went out. They really enjoy this kind of games and it is good for them.

After Youth we stopped by and saw Bungumuse and looked at his sketches. None of them were good enough to buy but we encouraged him to continue trying. He has talent but it needs shaping.