School began again today and as we are small school, new enrollments and missing students make a big difference. The classes that are already stuffed full (wishing I could show you the Ugandan hand signal for something that is packed full) are of course the ones who have new students...
It's nice to see new smiling faces. We even have another mzungu! A girl from South Africa has joined us so now I'm not the only mzungu here. Doesn't much make a difference to me but it may make a big difference to her.
Today in assembly, the lead teacher asked the students if they had had a good holiday. Most children said yes but there are always a few who didn't. One girl spent the morning very quietly by herself but when the question was asked if anyone wanted to share a not happy holiday, she raised her hand and shared that her grandmother had died. I later found out that this grandmother was in South Sudan.
A good third of population is not here today. Makes for a quiet environment. Again during assembly, Ms Asia asked for 30 seconds of silence to pray for all our students who are caught in South Sudan and can't get here because they can't leave their families or they can't drive out of Juba. "Many of our friends are caught in the war so we must pray for their safety." You could have heard a pin drop.
We just don't realize how lucky we are.
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