School Field Trip

Dear Friends,

This past Saturday we took the kids from my school on an outing. We went to visit another primary school and there the boys played soccer and the girls played a game called Nzango. Our school won both games. Nzango is a very popular game here among the girls. Two girls compete at a time and they jump and then kick out one of their legs. If both the girls kick the same leg then one side wins but if they both kick different legs then its the other side that wins. While we were out we also took our students to see where Congo’s first President is buried. That was very special to see. Overall it was a really fun day, and it was really nice to get away from the school and visit another part of the Congo along with my students.

Saturday was a very long day because right after I got home from the field trip there was a concert at church and I had to be there to sing. I have started singing with a group called the Pop Junior. I tried to talk them out of it but they even gave me a solo. Saturday we sang the song Power of Your Love in Lingala. Except the second verse when we sang in three languages; I sang in English, my roommate Josephine sang in Danish, and another girl in the group sang in Lingala.

At school things are going very well. We are almost at the end of the second trimester.

I am enjoying my life and experience here so much, I can’t believe the days are going by so fast and I often wish they would just slow down. Sometimes people start to remind me that I only have 3 months left here, but I just tell them that I don’t like to talk about that.

Thank you again for your continued prayers and support.

Tracy Pilewski