Mahviza

We took the long, bumpy road to Mahviza yesterday. The school and clinic there are truly out in the middle of nowhere. We couldn't locate it on google! Mahviza is no longer a part of the empowerment program through ZOE partly because of its remote location. They were given a grain mill by Zoe and it is on the school grounds near the teachers homes. Today was different in that we didnt hear stories from each of the kids. Instead, we went into the classrooms and got to read stories and do lessons on the solar system. We played with bubbles and sang songs and danced with these school children. I think we all loved just playing all day. To hear the joyful laughs of these kids and see their smiles after seeing their pictures on the camera reminds you of the simple things in life. The kids seemed to be eating regularly and the classrooms were decorated and had desks. a couple of the rooms had no teachers, but the kids sat in there all day anyway. The school now has a library thanks to all of our churchs book and school supply donations that were brought over by the team a couple of years ago! the preschoolers go home around noon time, and the thing that broke my heart today was watching three and four year olds walking the miles home in a group by themselves. Theyve learned to stay together in a group to be safer from abductions. I wanted to take all of them home myselves yesterday. we are off to meet our last group of first years...