Today was another easy day and I spent some time walking around my local area in the heat. I really feel like my body in baking in a huge outdoor oven. What’s worse is that I keep on forgetting to put sun cream on, sorry mum! The local area is a mix of slums and then people with nice estates. The roads range from dirt trails to neat tarmac with pavements. There are trees everywhere lining the roads to give shade, which is important because I’d pr
obably die without the shade. Thank you God for trees, they’re so useful.
In the afternoon I went to the office again to pop on the internet and speak to my dear mother. I am missing my friends and family, but I find that I haven’t had a lot of time to myself recently so I haven’t been dwelling on home too much. Just the fact that I’ve already been here a month makes me think about extended my stay because time has gone far too quickly.
In the evening I had planned to have a movie night with the teens who I had been teaching at VBS. I got a lot of people’s telephone numbers from Kezi, a girl who lives above the office who was also in my class. I had bought a copy of ‘Facing the Giants from a local Christian bookshop for about £4. I had seen it before many times but I think it’s still quite a powerful film no matter how many times you watch it. Once you get past the cheesy American acting, the content is really good. I thought I’d treat the teens and buy some popcorn, crisps, pop and ice cream with cost me just over a fiver. Things are so cheap here in comparison with the UK. I had about 10 teens turn up for th
e film, which was a good number because my living room did have limited space. I asked Priya’s permission beforehand and she kindly let me borrow her TV and DVD player. It was good to spend some more time with the teens socialising and letting them socialise together in a safe environment. I find a lot of the parents are very strict here and very protective of where their children go and who with. I had to phone a few parents to explain who I was (VBS teacher), what film they would be watching and what time we would be finished (around 9pm).
The film was big hit with most of the teens and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Some found it too cheesy and very predictable but I have a sneaky suspicion some of them had seen it before. All in all however I think everyone had a good night and they are all keen to meet up again and do something else as a group.
obably die without the shade. Thank you God for trees, they’re so useful.In the afternoon I went to the office again to pop on the internet and speak to my dear mother. I am missing my friends and family, but I find that I haven’t had a lot of time to myself recently so I haven’t been dwelling on home too much. Just the fact that I’ve already been here a month makes me think about extended my stay because time has gone far too quickly.
In the evening I had planned to have a movie night with the teens who I had been teaching at VBS. I got a lot of people’s telephone numbers from Kezi, a girl who lives above the office who was also in my class. I had bought a copy of ‘Facing the Giants from a local Christian bookshop for about £4. I had seen it before many times but I think it’s still quite a powerful film no matter how many times you watch it. Once you get past the cheesy American acting, the content is really good. I thought I’d treat the teens and buy some popcorn, crisps, pop and ice cream with cost me just over a fiver. Things are so cheap here in comparison with the UK. I had about 10 teens turn up for th
e film, which was a good number because my living room did have limited space. I asked Priya’s permission beforehand and she kindly let me borrow her TV and DVD player. It was good to spend some more time with the teens socialising and letting them socialise together in a safe environment. I find a lot of the parents are very strict here and very protective of where their children go and who with. I had to phone a few parents to explain who I was (VBS teacher), what film they would be watching and what time we would be finished (around 9pm).The film was big hit with most of the teens and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Some found it too cheesy and very predictable but I have a sneaky suspicion some of them had seen it before. All in all however I think everyone had a good night and they are all keen to meet up again and do something else as a group.
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