Table Talk

Wow- no problems getting the sisters to speak English at meals. In fact, today, everyone joined the English-only table.

We enjoyed great conversation and lots of teasing!

Math with Sister Barbara

This is a picture of S. Barbara teaching math. 

We have three classes each day.

During one of them, S. Barbara teaches math to two of the sisters who are students in Form 3 at secondary school.

Meanwhile, Sue is working with the rest of the class on English.

Today, being Sunday, we went to Mass at the Sisters' chapel here at Migongo Mission. 

Once again, the music was wonderful! Sue recorded a bit of it and we are looking forward to sharing it with you when we get home.

"Our Daily Life"

We love to be creative. So, today our class focused on presentations (in English, of course) about daily life: how to bake a cake, wash clothes, etc. 

This provided the Sisters with good practice in using transition words in English. 

The picture shows some of the Sisters watching themselves on video from the iPad.

Night Life in Tanzania

Each day, we have been telling you something about our class. 

Today, we will share something about the exciting night life we lead here.

Mosquitoes!

We use mosquito nets because once it gets dark, the mosquitoes are plentiful. Malaria is a constant real threat. Our mosquito nets provide great protection.

Our picture shows Sister Barbara reading in bed!

(And you thought our night life was going to be exciting?)

A day without electricity

It was extremely hot here today. There was no electricity in the classroom. So, we sat outside for our class. How do you like our "classroom"?

In spite of the challenges, of course, we still accomplished a great deal!

Thank you from afar!

Today, it's a "thank you" to Sister Patrice. She uploads our messages to this blog each day.

She is driving (moving) to South Dakota this week, so might be unable to keep up with postings during her transit time. Don't worry... she has us on her "hot list!"

She's helping to launch the next phase of the Sisters of the Divine Savior's Kateri Initiative, on the Lake Traverse Reservation in northeastern South Dakota. (Want more info on that? https://glimpsegod.wordpress.com/)