The last few weeks have been super busy as we just finished our missionary home schooling co-op, Sonlight Christian Academy. It was an awesome two weeks where about 7 missionaries families came from all over Cameroon to the Baptist Center here in town, and us parents taught the kids different subjects. I had the privilege of teaching LA to the 3rd and 4th graders, helping out in music class, and instructing the dolphin swimming class (I got a lovely tan!). As always the kids had a fantastic time hanging out with all their friends and having someone else other than "boring ol' Mum" teaching them. It was also very tiring as we are out the door at 7:30am and not back till 5:30 most nights (I was hitting the sack at about 8:30pm). So it is nice to be back to normal schedule again. Pictures will be coming soon.
Today I finally got the chance to take down the hundreds of children's books that were donated to the orphanage while we were back in the States. It was a lot of fun to sort through them all and then get them up on the shelves. Of course the kids were very happy to have some fresh reading material and library time went extra long today.
We filled almost another whole shelf up today. A massive thanks to everyone that donated books! And this isn't all of them, I pulled some of the bible story ones out to use at our church for kid's club.
All these books have been donated over the years. I'm thrilled that even outside kids are now coming in and borrowing them. In a culture where reading it not a normal pastime, it is great to see kids excited about books.
Library time comes right after out weekly kid's club at the orphanage. Karen Jackson, a Wycliffe missionary in town, has been helping out with the younger class. She brings lots of children from her neighbourhood, it is great to see HHCH so full.
We have been working on the rubbish system at the Children's Home. When we left in June there was a massive hole in the back yard that had been dug to throw trash into. When we got back it was more than overflowing. There is a truck that comes around once a week to pick up trash but you have to be at the side of the road as it passes to hand them your rubbish. So it is not the most reliable system, but at least there is something. But now we have a three bucket system; compost, scraps for the chickens, and fire. It has taken a bit to drill it into everyone but it seems that it is finally working and the kids are sorting their rubbish accordingly. The compost is overflowing and giving us plenty of good, rich soil to add to our farms.
A few weeks back we turned all the compost of the last 6 months.
32 bags in all!
We trying something new, using inside-out tires as planters for herbs and spices
Today we have a bunch of tomato plants, garlic, leaks, and onions sprouting. Looking forward to our first harvest!
