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As you can guess, there was no braaing or baseball games being played around here yesterday.. It was business as usual .... the kids went to school, michelle went to work, etc. But it was a nice day, Maura went to sleep without a hitch, which is a major victory for mom and dad. Today Michelle is heading again to Mochudi to do outreach work, while I plan to go to Northside to finish the mural I have been working on... I'll have a photo soon.
Instead I have attached a photo of Kate in her winter "tunic" as they call it here. As summer is creeping up on you at home, it is officially the winter season here.. you'll see people with sock hats and gloves, etc walking around town here, and it's 60 degrees.
One thing that has been happening alot in the past weeks, is the twins' eagerness to get out of our "compound" . They have seen the sights of our closed in backyard, the walls around the front of our house, our guards steven and james every single day, and they are wanting to see the rest of Botswana . And with no parks, playgrounds or museums to go see, they simply love to take rides in the truck.. They'll ask "Bye - Bye cars?" or just try to make a break for it everytime the front door is opened. we make it a point to take at least one of them to the store with us when running errands, but last night, I just packed them in the truck, brought the I-tunes and we drove around town...They loved it and they screamed their heads off when I pulled into our home.... They sing to High school Musical, the Backyardigans, Kanye West, they don't care.... and they take in the sites as if they've never seen other cars or humans before... it's all new.
i'll look forward to the day when I can walk them to a park.. they'll probably faint at the site of other children, doing something they've rarely experienced.. and that's swinging on a swing.
Jacob is coming back today, and we are looking forward to seeing him. I'm going to assume he had a great time... His classmates and him get along great together and in general all of the students in his grade respect and include one another.. I'm anxious to hear how it went and hope that he took some photos..
Went to the store yesterday to buy the shirt that Kate has on in the photo... i was approached by a mother and her 2 young children who looked severely deprived of food or drink, if I could spare some change...They looked very sad , tired and desperate. Being approached directly for money doesn't happen often here, usually they'll ask to do a "piece job" to earn the money.... like wash your car, watch your car, or carry your groceries... It makes me realize that even though we can drive around to entertain our children, most people here are trying to make ends meet day to day... at around the same time we went for our drive, most people were just getting off work... You'll see men and women collecting sticks on the side of the road, bundling them up and putting them on their head to take home to use to make a fire for dinner, heat, etc.....
