Lasallian Youth

July 28, 2011

Today was our sixth day of teaching in Dire´ Dawa. The kids were quite rambunctious and according to Mr. Dols the kids were “obnoxious little sh**s”. Overall we decided that teaching has been a success even though some of the kids do not listen, but we would find that problem no matter where we are.

The library has continued to make good progress; almost all of the books are now cataloged and re-shelved. This morning Emily and I went to check our laundry and we saw four happy chickens walking around. After our third period of teaching we proceeded to check our laundry to see if it was dry and found the happy chickens being de-feathered and gutted. We had a nice anatomy lesson on the chicken body from the woman and saw a cat devour the chicken’s small intestine. Yummyyy. While eating the chickens for lunch it was hard not to think about how happy they were this morning.

After lunch we had a choice to go to a market to buy traditional Ethiopian dresses. We could choose our fabric and then the man would sew it into a dress right in front of us. When we came back to the compound the school’s Lasallian Youth Group put on a presentation for us. During the meeting the group sang and performed a coffee ceremony for us. We then broke into small groups and got the chance to talk with members of their Lasallian group. We discussed many things and then had dinner. It was our last dinner at the Brother’s house and it was delicious. We went back to the rooms and did some cleaning. We had a meeting out on the basketball courts. It was a beautiful night and we stargazed.

Carly Iversen and Emily Pearson

Shout out to all mom’s having their daughter’s participating in the TC 10 mile! (Emily, Carly, Lindy, Morgan, Lizzie, Lexie, and Lauren LaVelle) Make sure you sign us up please! Training has been successful.