It was so nice to leave after being in the compound since Monday. We went with the WHIZ team to a school where some of the students are supported through the OVC (orphans and vulnerable children) outreach. After driving down increasingly narrow dirt roads, we arrived. We helped the students write letters to their sponsors. This was difficult because few of the children spoke English well or knew how to spell. I worked with two boys, Adule and Ray, who copied what I wrote onto their letters. I have never wanted to speak Tonga so much. I wanted the letters to be personal, but I couldn’t make myself understood to find out if what they liked to do or if they had any favorite things. I can’t believe the community coordinator would have had to help 40 kids by himself. The students are supposed to write 2 letters are year. We played soccer and games with the students. Some of the girls also sang for us. Then we went back to the church that originally told World Hope about the children and talked with their community outreach team. As we arrived the women were singing in Tonga and clapping to greet us. We learned they sang “Here are our visitors, the visitors of love, we welcome them with love.” It was a blessing. World Hope has a community partnership organization that helps boost economies by supplying farm animals. They also have a home based care program where community volunteers care for people with AIDS. We saw a water pump and a chicken coop supplied by World Hope. We are now back in Choma and ready for fun things tomorrow.
-Katana
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