i will remember you until i die

sorry that i didn`t write yesterday. the internet was down last night.

yesterday, we took all of the sud academy to the arboretum. it`s a beautiful park in nairobi. the students arrived in 4 big buses. they all shook our hands and thanked us for the day. we all walked to the open field. the older boys started playing soccer right away. their style of soccer is really fast and rough. marijke, avery and i were going to play, but we were a little scared that we would get run over or something. we opened up our case of embroidery floss and we helped kids make bracelets for 2 hours. there were monkeys in the park. they were like african squirrels. for lunch, we had mandazi (an african deepfried flour bun thing-really good), coke or fanta, and 2 bananas. the students loved it because normally they get a big bowl of rice and beans.

after lunch we played a girl`s game of soccer. then we played some games with them. they loved playing the squeeze game and leg wreslting. we took so many pictures that day. we had to chase them onto the bus because they all wanted to stay with us.

the next day, we went to the school in the morning and just hung out with the students. we taught them some songs and dances and they taught us some of theirs. that was a lot of fun. they really opened us to us today and told us their stories. they had a teacher vs. student volleyball game. wil was sick today, so it was only marijke, avery, mrs boer and i at the school. mr. minnesma, kellee and one of the teachers went shopping for textbooks and school supplies for sud academy.

in all, it was a pretty good day. the title of this entry is called `i will remember you until i die`. this is what one of the students said to us today.

Thursday pics at: http://picasaweb.google.com/SUDtrip/ThursdayDayTripToTheArboretum#
Friday pics at: http://picasaweb.google.com/SUDtrip/FridayPurchasingBooksChemistryLabEquipment#