Sponsored Kids!!!

angela getting her haircutshukuru
sarah
henry
left to right: julinana, Kulwa, Tumaini, Newa, Reida, Doto, and Angela

SPONSORED KIDS:
Thank you all soooooo much! the response to my request for helpl with my village has been totally overwhelming. 17 kids (11 girls and 6boys) that otherwise would have not had the chance started school on Jan 13. Fully outfitted in new shoes, socks, uniforms, and with notebooks and pens to boot these kids were ecstatic. These kids are truley greatful. There is something that non-africans refer to as "africa time." This refers to the, shall we say "relaxed" attitude that africans seem to have toward time and schedules. no one wears watches and every comes to a meeting that starts at 8:00 by 10:30.... maybe. but there's no rush right? there is always more time. i, not surprisingly, have become quite fond of this attitude and expect when i ask people to meet for something. well i told the girls we are sponsoring to meet at my house between 8 and 9, thinking we would leave sometime before noon, you can imagine my surprise when i woke up at 7 to see four or five of the girls gathered in front of my house getting ready to go. wow. this is different for them. this is big. they we excited....really excited. this means the world to them.