One month has passed since I started working full time with
Sophakama. It has been an emotional and spiritual rollercoaster, but
not the crazy type, the fun type. Leaving full time employment and
taking up full time "unemployment" has really challenged me spiritually
because now I am really learning what it is to live everyday by the
grace of God.
The past month I have started to take
13 Gr 1 kids from Diaz Primary and 3 Gr1 kids at the ACVV. They all
struggle with reading and many of them are being taught in what is not
their mother tongue. A few of them have never built a puzzle and was
delighted when I introduced it to them. I can already begin to see some
progress in some of them and it really warms my heart. I feel so
strongly about getting a child's educational foundation right, because
as with building a house, if the foundation is not laid right the house
will eventually fall apart.
I also really wanted to
get started again at Mina Moo playschool in Hellenvale, because there
are children there that will be of school going age next year. This has
however not worked out yet. There is a possibility of getting involved
with a group of young mothers in teaching them some basic and
inexpensive games for their toddlers which will prepare them a little
better for school. I am excited about that, because those mothers can
really make a difference.
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