1/27/2016

Wednesday morning on the way to visit schools, we stopped in Sinazeze for
Dave to deliver a letter to Hansom (Boycken's brother). Our first school
stop was Sinanjola. This is one of the schools where the roof had been
replaced. Dave has also sent many books and materials and will be wiring
the buildings next week. They were using the materials sent and around 500
people came out to welcome us. There were school officials, church
officials, and government officials all present. The choir sang and a pupil
gave a thank you speech. After the program, they had a tree planting
ceremony to commemorate the day. They dedicated a tree to each of us from
the states. They then fed us lunch.

The next school was named Saynuka. They gave a similar program without the
government official. They also had several kids native dancing in their
program. The Saynuka PTA had built a new classroom completely with their
own money and had the footings dug for another 3 classrooms. They were also
using all of the materials and books sent over. There were approximately
800 people here to welcome us.

The next stop was at Malima school. They had another large program planned
for us The PTA here had built 2 new classrooms but were waiting on roofing
and windows for completion. They were using everything sent including the
science equipment.

The last school we visited was Manyati. They are one of the newest schools
on the list to receive goods from the container. They are still working on
utilizing everything, but had a nice preschool room set up with toys and
learning things from the containers. By the time they had finished with
their program, it was dark.

We made the 2 hour drive back to Choma. We arrived just before closing time
at the local pizza place. Everyone is ready for some rest and will be
refreshed tomorrow.

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