We started out the morning by visiting the Zebra Market with Elder & Sister Esplin and Elder & Sister Jensen. When we first arrived at the market the first vendors we saw were asking way too much for their stuff so we went farther into the market and found vendors that were more willing to negotiate and meet our price. So we were able to find lots of fun stuff to buy.
We then ate lunch at the Java House, it is a coffee house/restaurant that has very reasonable food prices and it is also very good.
Nathan's 1st/2nd grade class and a 4th grade class at Pomona Elementary collected 120 books to give to the kids here in Africa. The schools here are on holiday right now but my parents know a man, Jackson Ehaji, that has started a library for the kids. The libraries here charge money to go into the libraries and to use them and then charge money to check books out. So he started a free library. They make the people that use it wash their hands before they come in and take off their shoes. And they can't take any of the books home. The director of the schools owns the building they use and so he lets them use the room they have free of charge. Jackson took us to the library and rounded up all of the kids that were under 13, there were about 17 of them and they helped us carry the books into the library and then I read them the letters that Nathan and his two friends Parker and Noah wrote for the kids and I showed them their pictures. The library then posted those letters and pictures on the wall of the library. Then I gave each of the kids a book to keep and take home with them, we then donated the rest of the books to the library because they told us that 100 schools in that area use that library. After we gave the kids their books we asked them if they would like to write letters back to the kids in America and they all wrote nice letters. We then gave them each suckers and gave suckers to all of the other kids that were in the library, most of which were teenagers, they all acted cool and like they didn't want the suckers when I was giving them their suckers but you could tell they all wanted one because after I set it on the table for them and walked away they all popped them in their mouths. The Director of the schools in that area was there while we were giving the kids the books and he told us thank you and asked us if we could bring more books. The library was very happy to get the books that we brought because they were for young adults and kids and they said they didn't have very many of those.
The director of the schools also let us go and see one of their schools and take pictures. They took us to one of their nicest high schools, I was hoping to see a school with dirt floors but even their nicest school doesn't compare to the schools in America.
That evening we went with all of the other couples to the mission president's house and had dinner.
We then ate lunch at the Java House, it is a coffee house/restaurant that has very reasonable food prices and it is also very good.
Nathan's 1st/2nd grade class and a 4th grade class at Pomona Elementary collected 120 books to give to the kids here in Africa. The schools here are on holiday right now but my parents know a man, Jackson Ehaji, that has started a library for the kids. The libraries here charge money to go into the libraries and to use them and then charge money to check books out. So he started a free library. They make the people that use it wash their hands before they come in and take off their shoes. And they can't take any of the books home. The director of the schools owns the building they use and so he lets them use the room they have free of charge. Jackson took us to the library and rounded up all of the kids that were under 13, there were about 17 of them and they helped us carry the books into the library and then I read them the letters that Nathan and his two friends Parker and Noah wrote for the kids and I showed them their pictures. The library then posted those letters and pictures on the wall of the library. Then I gave each of the kids a book to keep and take home with them, we then donated the rest of the books to the library because they told us that 100 schools in that area use that library. After we gave the kids their books we asked them if they would like to write letters back to the kids in America and they all wrote nice letters. We then gave them each suckers and gave suckers to all of the other kids that were in the library, most of which were teenagers, they all acted cool and like they didn't want the suckers when I was giving them their suckers but you could tell they all wanted one because after I set it on the table for them and walked away they all popped them in their mouths. The Director of the schools in that area was there while we were giving the kids the books and he told us thank you and asked us if we could bring more books. The library was very happy to get the books that we brought because they were for young adults and kids and they said they didn't have very many of those.
The director of the schools also let us go and see one of their schools and take pictures. They took us to one of their nicest high schools, I was hoping to see a school with dirt floors but even their nicest school doesn't compare to the schools in America.
That evening we went with all of the other couples to the mission president's house and had dinner.
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