Most of the ladies were working today, so unfortunately we only had four ladies show up for English class. We had the two highest ladies and the two lowest ladies, but our class actually went really well. It was so great seeing the two lower ladies doing really well and speaking English with the two higher ladies. We played a mix of charades and Pictionary to review English words we learned these past few months. The ladies loved it. After that, I showed and kind of tested them on a PowerPoint of America. I tried to make lots of comparisons to Zambia: a mountain lion is our version of a lion, Florida has alligators instead of crocodiles, the northern part of the states has snow (they loved talking about snow – it still is such a crazy concept to them), we have four seasons, you have three, etc. Tomorrow is our last day of English. We’re not really teaching; instead, we’re handing out certificates, pictures, and some treats. It should be fun and a nice way to say good-bye.
After class, Dee took us to Kabwata, the cultural village. When the British started settling Zambia, they tore down all the little huts the natives were living in and built westernized houses instead. Someone realized that the culture was being destroyed and wanted to preserve a part of it, so they saved these last huts to show people what Zambia used to look like. Next to these huts, artists and craftsmen sell their work. Dee knew we were interested in looking at some of these things, so she offered to take us. We didn’t buy as much as we wanted because we were nervous about packing, but we went back home, packed quickly, and realized that we both have tons more room. We’re hoping to go back tomorrow to get some other things we liked.
After we packed (and joyfully celebrated the fact that our luggage is in no danger of being overweight) we walked over to preschool to drop some things off to the teacher. We played with the kids – or rather, they hung off our arms and legs while shouting “Teacher!” – and then walked up to the store to get some juice for tomorrow’s party with the ladies. Then we returned to campus, watched the kids play for a bit, and then played volleyball. No ladies showed up because of a meeting or something, which was disappointing, but we played with a bunch of the older boys, and that was really fun. Then we made a strange dinner consisting of all our leftover food (half a chicken breast, some cabbage and onions, and lots of rice) and actually cleaned our house. Dust gets blown in constantly no matter what we do, so everything in here is pretty much just covered in a film of dirt. Then I played around on the internet for a while trying to find out easy ways to get from our hotel in London to the touristy stuff downtown. It was a busy but extremely productive day! I’m happy we have tomorrow to just enjoy ourselves and not stress out about packing.
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