The church we are working with has a school associated with it. It’s a co-ed elementary school and we got an opportunity to tour it while most of the kiddos weren’t there. This little gentleman is showing us how he knows so many English words. He did a great job! English is actually the official language of Kenya, although most everyone speaks Ki Swahili (I may have spelled that wrong, but I’ll check later). There are about a zillion other “mother tongues” but apparently most people can understand several, and speaking many languages isn’t unusual.
While we were touring the facility I couldn’t help but think about the schools we have and compare them. The worst school I’ve been to work is a high school near the University of Houston (WAY scary). They had their computers all chained together and I could hear raucous fights in the halls and hollering coming up through the radiators near the windows. That school was like a castle in comparison. Think back to when you’ve seen photos of your grandparents sitting on benches in rows writing with chalk and a chalk board. This is kind of similar, actually.
It’s a boarding school, so there are bunk rooms and a dining hall and the kids wash their own clothes, and they get a gorgeous view of Mt. Kenya every day, which is certainly something very special.
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