- Abdoulaye is owrking on writing now. And he can write, but for the moment, only in Arabic. This kid has drive no matter what anyone else here says! All along his arm and leg he practiced writing the alphabet. Also he has a great smile! :)
- Found out that Julie, our country director (Corps de la Paix), is coming Tuesday to observe my classes. Because everything in my village is on an everyone-needs-to-know basis, I promptly informed the cheif, who's currently in Conakry, of her arrival. He swiftly informed the Proviseur who informed the Math teacher to inform Maire Bobo to inform everyone at every prayer time at the Mosque and to inform Maire Dian (the Mayor of Madina-Telico, a neighboring district) so that we'd have a mobilization of people to greet her. My village is awesome! As my Proviseur says, "C'est une communaute vivant! (This is a lively community!)" Tigi tigi! ("truly" -Pular)
- Received a text of a short notice arrival... Julie came at night instead of in the morning. And all though I was happy to welcome her. No one and nothing was prepared. So I took her to see the Proviseur and informed her that preparation for a big welcome party for her was in full swing. En route we ran into the Imam who insisted that she come back again tomorrow morning, as initially intended. That's my village!
Next day:
- Julie came back. So i had to abandon my class of course to greet her. She was well welcomed even if it wasn't the big party that my village wanted to have (she was pressed for time - she planned to come last night en lieu of this morning). But she recieved the cola nuts wrapped in leaves and more bananas than you could imagine, and a bottle of water. We took pictures with everyone there.
After she left and I returned to my class my students asked if that was my wife who came to visit me... haha nope. Not married. They of course asked why, and I told them I hadn't yet found the "madamoiselle parfaite pour moi" En tous cas, after school I saw my Proviseur on his way home carrying a chicken and some other things. Apparently elders kept coming after Julie had left with more gifts for her. They also told he she was the mother of our school and so she had to come back to see her children, but that she had to notify them at least a week in advance.
Love my village!
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