Thursday

Another full day again today. Again we do our planned intro at this school. This photo is our group singing for the kids.

This is one of many huge termite mounds/hills that we saw all over the countryside. This one is near the school yard. Tom is 6' 3" or better and as you can see that is a mighty termite hill!!!

Marilyn and I again have the youngest kids. Today she is teaching the teacher how to make balloon animals. We, along with two teachers and Pastor Jeffrey made a balloon animal for each of the kids in the group. The kids loved them of course!

We have also been teaching the kids songs...this is a photo of the kids doing the "ape" motion in the King of the Jungle song. They also loved the "bubble, bubble, bubble" for King of the sea.

While we are with the kids at the school, Tom was asked to speak to a group that had gathered at the church nearby. Public speaking not in Tom's comfort zone he went with Jack and Joshua and introduced himself, shared about what he does for a living, about his faith and answered questions they had regarding us Americans. He said afterward that his "box" (comfort zone) was completely obliterated. A very humbling experience.

This afternoon after lunch Ephesians arranged for us to tour the crocodile farm that is next to the place we are staying. Now looking at a lot of crocs up close and personal, even behind a fence is a bit disconcerting, watching them being tossed food was another thing all together! They move a lot swifter than you would imagine and thank God for the distance we had during that experience! A healthy dose of respect for such an ancient looking beast.