The children of Kapsowar are adorable!!!

March 28.

The schoolday ends at 5pm - just when we decided to go for a walk and all the children  want to shake our hands - they are always happy !!!!!

 This adorable 8 year old girl , her name is Sharon was accompaning Andre and I all the way from town for about 5 km . before she turned on to a side road higher up in the mountains. We walked very fast but she kept up with our pace and she speaks English very well.

This last week was a very busy week for Andre and I. There is about 100 deliveries per month at Kapsowar hospital with lots of opportunities for c-sections. Andre was on call this weekend and was very busy with a variety of things including C-sections, emergencies,sick babies etc.
 My week was packed with visits to the local schools where the pastors were taken advantage of my offer to help them out wherever they need me. I spoke at the two Secondary schools ,the Moi Kapsowar Girls school and the Kapsowar Boys school at their respective assemblies. Every school in this district have a morning set aside for fellowship with the teachers and the pastors of Kapsowar church so I was going around from school to school and it is my job for this last three weeks to lead their fellowship get togethers with Bible reading and teaching for 10 minutes. I love spending time with the teachers and was just missing my teaching days in Windhoek , Namibia. There are 6 schools just in Kapsowar but the school that touched my heart is the school at the AIC -Kapsowar church. This school has 225 children with 20 teachers . The children just look happy and when it is lunch time they can't wait to go outside to kick a ball that they made out of plastic and string . When they sing they do it with dancing,clapping hands and big smiley faces.
The Principal's name is mr. Filemon and he said that their biggest problem is finances. The school also provide the children  with breakfast at 9am. lunch at 12 and Thai tea at 4 before the children go home. He said that it is hard for the parents to pay the schoolfees and sometimes they have to close the school due to lack of money.  The school operate on $160 per day ( for 225 children and 20 teachers) which sounds impossible but they make it happen.