October 27, 2001

Marthame’s students leading the morning assembly.

On Thursday, three of Marthame's students had approached him with the idea of leading the morning assembly completely in English. They did it all - introducing the National Anthem, leading the Lord's Prayer (which grades 9-12 know at least in part) and Scripture reading, as well as adding a little "Do You Know?" section (little trivia points about literature, science, etc.). They were very, very nervous. And while very few could understand them (a combination of the sound system, public speaking skills, and English abilities), they did quite well.

Rain, rain, rain.

Work underway on our apartment building.

Today was also the first day of rain - and how! Not sure what this will mean for how people get to and from places, since there is a lot of reliance on the dirt roads, but the rain is sorely needed. Here's irony though: we have no water. Normally, when we run out of water, we just turn on the pump outside of the house, which refills the roof tanks from the reservoir. But today, while working on the new addition to our building, the workmen dropped a load of heavy steel supports - right onto the motor. Water, water, everywhere...