Things are beginning to fall into a routine - we have breakfast at 8;30 and leave for our work assignments about 9:15 - after slathering up with deet. For the rest of the week, I am working int he morning with the lower kindergarten at the st joseph school - -5 year olds and will assist as they are administered their exams...yes - kindergarteners have a full week of exams. i go back to the guest house for lunch and have about a half hour to rest. the afternoon i spend from about 2-3:30 at the grace school - a much more impoverished population and ispend half the time with a small group of the 3rd graders and the other half with a small groupof the 5th graders. i was impressed with the level of the ciricculum of the 5th graders and one boy (I still have to learn his name) is an absolute genius ...he knows the answers to everything!!

wwe return for a short rest, before leaving for the SEAMs home. I work for an hour or so with a ghroupof 4 2nd grade boys: Mukesh, Franklin, Lucas, and Arun. We've been spending time with letters and spelling. But you canimagine - i have my hands full with 4 very spirited boys. mukesh is definitely the ringleader. It's hard to tell how much of my english they understand...but they likethe attention regardless.

We will see if i manage to go the 2 weeks without catching headlice - which are hopping off the kids' heads with mad abandon. I'm just glad Miriam followed the advice of global volunteers and brought a huge bottle of RID shampoo. i am signing off as i am going to try to upload my photos!!