Potty Training

Time is going quickly. Each morning we are awakened by the sounds of roosters and clanging church bells and each evening we fall asleep to the barks of dogs. We've made it through day 2 of the sanitation class and there are 4 more to go. Before the first day we were expecting a class of 21. When Monday rolled around we had 12 participants although only 9 came back for day two. As is often the case in Africa students who desire to be in class often miss class for a variety of reasons; some couldn't get a ride from the other side of town, some had sick kids, some had to care for dying parents. Nonetheless we are really enjoying the ones who have made it both days. Today we covered how to locate latrines so that they don't contaminant drinking water wells. It was the most challenging material in the course, but we were really pleased when all the students made there way through the homework questions correctly and with only a few questions. Its helps us know they are getting around our american accents, as they are used to british english. Our class is interacting well and we have had some lively discussions about various sanitation topics. Often its the class trying to help us to understand the situation where they live or work. We learned today there is a traditional belief which says inlaws should not use the latrine or their married children, this brought about much laughter but we never really figured out why. Many in the class have such servant hearts and want to meet the physical and spiritual needs in their community. We have taken time to pray together and it has shown us the seriousness of issues as we hear participants make pleas for God's help. We also have some wonderful ladies in our class who begin singing and dancing at breaktime. Its sounds so good and makes everyone smile.