Tournament

Not much to report today, other than I kicked all the children's proverbial behinds in Connect Four, a gift from Patty and Leslie, who were here in April.  This was an all day tournament.  Thomas finally decided he would beat me, and bet me the huge bag of Reese's Cups Patty sent along with me.  After beating him 10 times, and him repeatedly declaring each loss was a 'semi-semi-semi final", he finally beat me.  Marching off with his bag, I threw my consolation prize of one peanut butter cup, at his head :-)

The papers reported today that this teacher's strike is likely to last until January. It is so utterly unfair to the children - all of whom will likely have to repeat the school year if this happens. Thus, if it carries on one more week, I will hire two teachers for the children, to keep them current.  The government announced that all private schools are to close as well, because of the unfair advantage.  Of course, none paid any attention to this, as of this morning.

Tony and I are off to bush tomorrow, to visit two or three boreholes. I was told to bring lots of water and sunscreen.  Last time I was in this region, the temps were around 120 degrees.  

It was a great day today - we were far too busy with games for me to even think about taking pictures!!




                                   Lala salama from Kenya,

                                    Simmie, Tiff and Peter