The past two mornings the
neighborhood kids have come knocking on our gate to ask if they could pick
papayas from our tree. I am extremely pleased that they are doing this because
they can actually access the tree from the next-door-neighbor’s yard, and we have
yelled at one girl (the one who is always causing problems for us) because she
would climb up on our roof without asking. I reminded the kids that we always
allow them to come into our yard to pick fruit when they ask, and to do what
that other girl does shows very poor education.
The yellow things in the picture are
what everyone here uses to carry and store water in. Water was coming out today
(the black hose) so it means that the morning is spent rotating those yellow
containers in to catch the water, and filling our various water receptacles inside
the house.
The girl who does our laundry told
me this morning that grades from the second trimester came out (students are
currently in week two of a two-week school break between trimesters one and
two) and she passed with a 14 average out of 20. I am incredibly proud of her!
Getting above an 11 or 12 in Mozambique is extremely difficult, and if she
keeps it up, she will be exempt from taking national exams at the end of the
year!
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