End of Term 2

For those who regularly check this blog, I apologize for not writing
sooner. So I'm going to write a couple entries today to catch up on
things. Our school ended Term 2 at the beginning of August. School
for the year starts in January and has 3 month terms followed by a
month break. So April, August, and December are all break months.

As we had the previous Term, we ended with a special program for the
mothers, aunties, a few workers, and volunteers. The children sang
songs and shared some of the things they had learned during the term.
The teachers presented "awards" to each child, which highlighted some
way in which each child excelled.

We ended with a luncheon made by the Patty household, which at the
time included their 5 family members and 5 volunteers from the states.
The menu consisted of lentil soup (We had learned about Jacob and
Esau and the fact that Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of lentil
soup.), biscuits, and honey (We had learned about bees in our study of
insects.). It was a wonderful day.

We even had the District Commissioner present for part of the program.
This position is like a governor in our country. It is an important
position and he is over a lot of people. He had come for a tour of
everything, so we invited him, as well as his military aide, to be
there for part of the presentation.

The day was a lovely ending for Term 2 of this year.