Tamara and Melissa went to St Francis in the morning, expecting to work with specific students. Exams were on again, however, and their students were not there. Furthermore, the teachers had gone into the city to get sworn in (why exactly isn't clear), so there were not enough adults to oversee the exams. So they pitched in and became exam monitors, and later marked the exams. Jean spent time in the library again, and later spoke with some teachers.
Later in the morning Tamara, Melissa and Nancy went back to MyaPopa, the ministry for street boys. They prepared food, mended clothes, and some of the soccer jerseys & shorts we brought are used here. The boys change out of their clothes into the spares, and have theirs washed. The ladies all are very excited about this ministry, and speak very highly of it.
Power was off early in the morning, so Douglas was computerless. It came on around 10:00 so I walked to St Francis. Unfortunately, the teachers were gone to the swearing in, and they had the only keys to the computer lab. I looked at a printer they had, but only had downloaded the Windows XP driver, and couldn't get the Windows 7 driver (St Francis has no Internet). Returning to the Friary, I spoke on the phone with a fellow Brother Tony has been talking to about additional computers. He is expected to arrive Wednesday evening. This fellow is also responsible for getting the books in the library, and to organize them. We'll see what happens.
Ted and Bill went to Lifesong, and the ceiling mounted projector screen was there, so they set it up. Kasumba, the computer tech, plugged in his laptop and started playing a cartoon to test the projector & screen. The kids were enthralled and booed when he turned it off. They then went back to girls boarding to finish the mosquito screen project. Doug joined them later in the afternoon and helped. The job is completed as far as we can take it. Shane the school manager is happy with the work.
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