Today, we are shopping at the Bwera town market for two suitcases, two pairs of school shoes, two radios, two paraffin lamps, two sets of bed sheets, a backpack, plywood, wood glue, and 3kg of cassava flour.
Robson is a great help, carrying our items and staying back with me while Robina and Headmaster negotiate without the merchants seeing a muzungu. My absence during negotiations kept prices more realistic. Thank goodness for my local directors!
These students are the ones who will remain at the school for the entire holiday. They really don't have anywhere else to go, even with the system of extended family so inclusive in Africa.
I felt like Mom and Dad on Christmas morning.
Head master, Baluku Robert, is now following Mr. Burnett on Twitter. You remember Nelson's partner - Robina - and sneaking in is Jochanus - so fun, all the time.
This is what life is all about.
with love, from Jen
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