Wow wow wow! It’s been a week since I’ve departed home. It doesn’t quite feel that long, but I’ve been busy keeping busy and I’m sure once I slow down I will begin to get homesick. Yesterday I did more of the same at school, just observing lessons, on course to make my way through all of the classes by next week. I’m tending to like the older kids in classes 6 or 7 rather than the younger kids because they’re more mature and the teaching material is interesting and at times new to me. After school I went along with one of the bus routes dropping kids off at home. It seems like most kids on this route lived within a 2 mile radius or so, but there are many other buses and those kids may be further away. It was very interesting and fun to drive around the area and see the houses and people that are out here. I think the school and where I’m staying are located in what would be the suburbs. So now that it’s been a week and the days are starting to feel like a routine, I should introduce some people here, starting with the man who helped all this happen (along with Jim Popp).
Lucas is the head of the family. He’s the one who helped me connect with Hope Girls and Boys School (as he is the owner), and has been kind enough to house me for the past week and hopefully will continue to do so for the next 3 months (fingers crossed!). I never expect to see him around the house or at school, Lucas is always moving and doing some type of project. From what I’ve seen, he is very well respected everywhere he goes and people take him very seriously. But like everyone else here, he is always laughing and telling jokes. He owns a safari business (I’m hoping I can get him to take me to the national parks someday) and his kids seem to be following in his footsteps. During my adventures here I hope to be able to spend more time with him, it seems he has extensive knowledge about business, professionalism, and family life and I’m looking forward to learning from him.