We have been busy for the past 5 days teaching classes for the 11 students who will be taking National exams this year. Allen has been teaching Math and I have been going over English. Overall, the CRC kids do well in school and often score above their classmates. In class 6 there are 12 students in the class and 9 of them are CRC children. Talk about a CRC takeover! The class 6 students have been working hard all week. They go to school in the morning for three hours of lessons and then come home and spend another three hours in class with Allen and me. Their hard work will definitely pay off when they take the exam! Their biggest challenge is finishing the test in time, so we have been teaching them various test taking techniques that will hopefully make that easier!
There are two new children at the CRC! They are Isatu and Aminata, sisters who arrived on Monday. They are easily the shiest of the new kids but are already warming up to everyone. It is amazing to watch the process as the children come in to the CRC. They all start off quiet and shy but within a few days they are running around and fitting right in. (Although they all request a few more hugs than the older kids!)
Two sisters are welcomed to the CRC.
With less than 10 days to go in Salone, I must admit I am starting to panic a little about saying goodbye to the kids. Spending time here as a Long Term Missionary has been an indescribably wonderful experience. I have experienced Bo and Sierra Leone in deeper ways and have of course bonded even more deeply with the children. They are incredible examples of resilience and optimism. I have to often remind myself that these children have overcome obstacles that very few of us in America can grasp. It is easy to forget because they are some of the happiest people I have ever met. It really makes you stop and think. Why is it that the most miserable people I know have just about everything they could ever ask for, and the happiest people have so little?
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