Zebras for Life!

On top of Khali Hill over looking Gaborone at sunrise

At the national soccer game. GO ZEBRAS!

Me and the crazy little lady.

Well first of all I can't believe how much time has already flown by. sheesh! I have been keeping busy in the daycare making worksheets for them to write their names and help with the alphabet and what not. I have also been in standard 6 helping out with classes. It took Paul and I an hour and a half to get through 2 paragraphs for them to be able to understand what was going on in the story. So it definitely does get frustrating sometimes but we are keeping with the kids. We are still working on the computer lab hoping to get some typing programs set up so they can learn to use the computers. We also have an organization coming out starting tomorrow that are going to work with students on life type skill kind of things so we are excited about that.

Our dear many friends from Face the Nation left this weekend to go into cities, towns, and villages across Gaborone so pray for them that their preparation and hard work goes to good use to spread God's love and help with AIDS/HIV prevention. They said they learned one day that 50% of women between 30-34 have AIDS. Crazy. But we miss them, and their loud ridiculous singing that went on all day and every night. I have been making up for them though, singing the same songs so I think Nicole is really glad and really enjoying that ;)

We had a busy weekend. We spent Friday with some kids from Flying Mission. They are here from 6 months to a year and are just doing some missionary volunteer work at various places, so I think we are going to spend a week here soon going with them to different hospitals and orphanages so I am definitely looking forward to that. Saturday we went to the ZEBRAS soccer game. Definitely a good time. We even got FREE Botswana flags. We stood in the wild section that danced and sang songs. Sunday we woke up at the ripe old time of 4:30 to go climb Khali Hill. We went with the guys from flying mission. It was pitch black and I thought we would be taking a path. No no. We were going directly straight up the mountain thing. Literally rock climbing like boulders. They were also pretty much running up this thing. It was ridiculous. Someone else told us they climbed it in 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours. No, we climbed it in 45 minutes. After I was done wheezing and wasn't dizzy anymore. It really was beautiful. We set up camp at the very top and proceeded to make a fire and cook breakfast. We brought sandwiches and they brought eggs, toast, we had coffee and tea. They were prepared. It was a really great time and we plan on doing it again. We have to go back because I did not see the BABOONS that are around the mountain. That's right, real live, wild monkeys. I HAVE to see them. And I will for sure let you know when I do...