Hello everyone. I hope this finds you all well!
I have been with the kids now for 7 weeks; time is flying and I've got to know them and their personalities really well.
They're all doing very well at school and from our lessons its been great to see them progress and really understand and improve ready for their exams, the first of which is on Monday!
The site is looking more impressive all the time with all the plumbing now in place. There is only the small problem of connecting of our plumbing to the local water system stopping Upendo Childrens Home from having working taps and showers! This little job is planned for Monday so not too long!
The volunteer house is a sad sight at the moment and all who have stayed there before would be shocked by its current bare walls and roofless state! Me and Tanya are currently living at Babas and sharing beds with the kids which is great when Masalu isn't kicking me in the head in his sleep.
That said, living with the kids is great as it means they're talking in English all the time and reading every night instead of watching TV!
Prisca and Joice are working as incredibly hard as usual with two more mouths to feed and Baby Carlin is starting to talk which is a fantastic mix of Swahili and English.
Eric and Prisca's English lessons are making good progress and they've really come on in the past few weeks especially as Swahili has been banned around them by all parties!
Anyway, Tanya and I are having an amazing time and we will keep you all updated with the progressions at site!!
Love Chris