are here for this week will be heading out. Their
week will be up and despite a little bit of a rocky
beginning, it is ending up well.
The shaky start was due to the fact that it was
their first time here and expectations of two
different cultures take a little time to reveal themselves.
The biggest problem was the procurement of materials
that were needed for the kids to work.
There were a need for various plumbing fixtures and
also paint. The students had only five days to accomplish
their goal of painting a small building, decorating a
wall in one of the classrooms and as you can see
in the above photo, painting of the school mural on
a wall.
The student in the picture is named Tom and he did a
great job on the mural. The truth is that the work
the kids did was really outstanding. But Tom tackled
the mural on his own.
It wasn't all work as also a goal of this exchange is to
the obvious of exchanging cultures. The students from
Scotland played netball, soccer and some even went
inside a classroom and had a discussion hour with the
local kids. To the point that the local kids even kind
of tried to lock the door because they didn't want the
Scottish kids to leave.
But it wasn't without it's uncomfortable moments and
as an outside observer, thought that it was such a
great experience for both sides.
For the people here in this isolated village, any new
information or contact, will just help.
So, tomorrow the visiting students will leave but also
leave their work as a constant reminder of their
time here.
For me, every time I will see the school mural it will
remind me of the one kid that toiled away at it till
he had to work by flashlight so that he could get it
finished in time.
That be Tom and his school mural.
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