Not much ice out here in sub-saharan Africa - but I know my kids would LOVE that type of show!
DD has already picked out HSM3 as her theme for her 7th birthday party in October and is desperate for a Gabriella doll. And to think just a year or so ago, I didn't even know what HSM was...
I've been wondering where everyone was, but didn't have much to add to the conversation, so have been lurking.
I went on a trip last week to the Western part of the country. It was beautiful and sad at the same time. The scenery was BREATHTAKING!!!!
But we also officially sponosored Iftaar dinners in two cities as part of our outreach to the Muslim community, and the kids were so hungry they literally dove into the food. Huge steaming bowls of rice were gone in seconds!
We visited schools and talked with local officials who couldn't provide school books or keep classes below 100 kids due to a lack of facilities, teachers, and budget. I visited a school library at a high school that enrolls almost 2000 students a year and the library (which houses all the school's textbooks as well as library books) was smaller than my living room! And it WASN'T FULL!!! For the entire Junior class - they had 20 English textbooks! And most had missing pages or pages falling out. And the practice dialogue I opened up to - was a conversation between two women about another mother who gives her baby beer in a bottle!!!!!!
It makes you so grateful for everything you have.
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