Catching up on photos, old and new

First, some photos of the hut ...

The view of some kids on my front porch from the inside of my hut.  You can see my bike storage area on the left and a few chitenge pockets full of books and such on the right.

My bathing shelter and the reason it's not as straight as it once was.

Thanks to my California family, I keep photos of the community up in the hut.  The children love to see themselves in pictures, a rare thing in the village.  A new page always draws a lot of attention, and not just from the kids.

Next, a few pictures from school ...

The grade 6 pupils holding up the letters they wrote to Christ Church Day School's grade 4 class.

The old grade 9 pupils who graduated December 2011.

And our new grade 9 class.

In April, we held Camp GLOW (a girl's empowerment camp) for all the Mbala volunteers and the schools they work with.  Coming soon - more pictures from camp, a description of the success we had this year, our plans for next year's camp, and ideas for how you at home can help make Camp GLOW 2013 an even bigger success!

Now, many of you have asked what we do for fun in the village.

The answer: Many of the same things you do once school is out and work is done.

We sing and dance.

We fly kites.

We play with toys.

We take our animals for walks.

We slide.

We play ball.

We read books (the kids love the Frog and Toad books)

And we just hang out with friends and family!

Finally, as much as you enjoy looking at photos and hearing stories from my time in Zambia, so do the kids here love to see pictures and learn about life in America.  They asked that the next time I share some of their stories I relay a big "Hello!" from them to you.