Dries and I are very thankful for our good health. So when we succumb to one of the sicknesses that goes around from time to time, we don’t complain. I was the one to end up in bed for a couple of days this time around. So did our neighbours and almost everyone at school. I think for once Dries was happy to go off to the boat and not catch what we all suffered from.
Our rainy season has definitely arrived. Earlier than usual, but we don’t complain, because the wells were running dry and the cows started to look very thin. Within a few days, the brown grass turned into a fresh green colour and everything look alive. Of course, that means that the mud is also here. I am glad that my quad is back on the road. That makes the journey to school much easier. We had less than half of the usual attendance at Rangers on Saturday due to the weather. Larice and Sitraka’s children were sick so Dries jumped in to help Euphrasie with the English lesson of the Adventures group. Actually, he ended up teaching the whole lesson while Euphrasie enjoyed the opportunity to have someone else teach. Well, those Rangers had a very good time with Dries and will probably be disappointed next week when he won’t be teaching. I only had the twins, Michael and Michel, and it gave me the opportunity to focus on them. Their English is really improving.
The new classroom at school is finally taking shape. Please pray with us for funds to put up a fence. One of the neighbours at school approached me on Saturday to tell us that he saw a man coming out of the school early one morning. Nothing seemed to have been taken, so we think that this individual sleeps in that classroom. It is a Malagasy built structure which means that there is a gap between the wall and the roof made from leaves. As there is no electricity at school, we don’t have lights at night to deter people.
May you have a blessed week.
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