The school of Nursing is situated next to the hospital . On April 13th they are celebrating their first graduation of a class of 18 students. They just heard last night that all the students passed their National exam and that the whole class will receive their diplomas on that night. Celebrations are a big part of the Kenyan culture and since we arrived people are asking us if we will be at the Graduation. Sad to say that we will be leaving this wonderful place on April 9th. I am sure that the celebrations will take the whole day and every person at the hospital will be involved with speeches etc. They know how to have a feast , and if you want to imagine how the feasts went in the Old Testament , I think this will be pretty close. Everybody is in preparing mode for April 13th. We are invited to a wedding next Saturday and hopefully Andre will not be on call in order for us to go.
I have the privilege to lead the devotionals of the first year Nursing students every morning at 8am . and that is very special to me. We are doing a study on all the characteristics of a Disciple of Jesus and it is just beautiful to see how each and every one of the 22 students slowly are opening up and share their lives with me and their faith. They are beautiful young people between 20 - 26 years old and we are having some wonderful discussions on the Bible and the life of Jesus on Earth.We start every morning with singing and they always sing a song with a lead singer who will start and then they will follow. What amazes me is that there will always be a volunteer .It is pretty intimidating to sing all by yourself and hope that the rest of your classmates will follow , but they love to sing and it is a blessing to me every morning. Some songs are in English but I love the sound of the Swahili language and they are singing those songs with more conviction and passion. They do not have many distractions here in Kapsowar , no TV , no computers or Internet and although they have cellphones , it is not allowed in the hospital or class settings. I have learnt so much from these young people , especially how content they are with what little they have.
School of Nursing - 130 students.
Pastor Elkanah who co-ordinates all my appointments with the schools.
I am working a few days a week at the boys school teaching Bible lessons and doing individual counselling for those who need it. It is a boarding school that let the boys go home every 3 months for a month. This school has 130 boys and 10 teachers.It is a Christian based school that gets tuition from the Government per student. Parents are responsible for the boarding and food expenses.
The boys are playing badminton but they also play volleyball.
On our way home found these girls going home from school , playing and laughing all the time.
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