What follows is a list that Kaia and Jake made of some of their highlights and lowlights of life in Mpungu.
Good things
- Seeing the garden fence getting built at our school
- Helping mom teach English to our class
- Making props for our “3 little pigs” play
- Visiting other schools in the area
- Going to the “Check-in” for a bag of chips
- Watching Harry Potter movies after reading the books
- Not going to Rundu for a long time (avoiding the long, dusty drive)
- The cooler weather now
- Making brownies from scratch
- Playing games with some of the kids who come to our door
- Watching movies with friends (projected on our wall)
- Hearing the world cup results
- Doing MadLibs
Bad things
- The sand getting everywhere (in our shoes, in the house, in the bed…)
- It is so loud when the teacher is not in the classroom (which happens about every second day)
- Having to run errands for mom and dad (like running to the store to get more phone credit!)
- Not being able to communicate with the kids our age
- Having to go to school when everyone in Canada is on summer holidays!
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- piggy and hyena masks
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- Jake just had to know what happened next
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- a gatepost being installed
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- checking the level
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- the boys are keen to help
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- new post for an old gate
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