Day 5 - Visit to School

It's Wednesday and we're reaching the half way point for the work week. We start the day off with a trip to a local school, and this day will prove to be my favorite day of the week. I apologize in advance for what is likely to be a long post filled with many pictures!

We arrive at the one-room school house to the delight of about a dozen kids. They range in age from about 8-12. We brought some school supplies, some candy, and most
importantly ourselves. After a brief Q and A with the kids, we terrorized the teachers by suggesting we go outside for a couple games. This basically put an end to any chance that this school day would contain reading, writing and arithmetic.

We first played a game of 'cat and rat'. It's a game in a similar nature to 'duck, duck, goose' except the cat and mouse are pre-determined, and it's the job of the cat to catch the rat, and the job of everyone in the 'ring' to make sure the cat can't catch the mouse. Tough to describe, but hilarious to watch. After a couple rounds of this and some public humiliation of Johnmark who took 10 minutes to catch an 8 year old boy, we
busted out the Frisbees.

I'm fairly certain that this is the first time any of these kids had seen a Frisbee, but it didn't take them long to figure it out. They were quick studies and they loved them. I am pretty sure they would have continued to toss frisbee until the next day had we been up for it. It wasn't just the Frisbee's they were enamored with.... Digital Cameras were perhaps the hit of the day.

At first it began with a desire to see the picture after it was taken in the LCD screen (Lea being harrased by the gang to the left). But it quickly grew to a class in photography. They certainly weren't shy in front of a camera, and were great shots from
behind the camera. I allowed my camera to be taken hostage. About 15 minutes and 80 pictures later I retrieved the camera. I must say that some of the best shots of the week came at the hands of these kids. I'll put some of them here for you to enjoy. Click on them for bigger versions.

After school it was back to work. We headed back to the worksite. Half of the brick walls were up and it was time to start chiseling out the light socket and conduit lines so they could run electricity. Doesn't look hard but the chisels were pretty much rounded at the tip.