somethingsomethingafrica

A terrible thing has happened. Africa killed my phone. The only reason I’m upset about this is because I was going to write this fabulous post about one of the village schools I volunteered at last friday with lots of pictures and VIDEOS of the kids that I recorded… with my phone. I didn’t want to bring my nice camera in to the school, so I used my phone instead and saturday afternoon it just died on me. I’m SO upset!! I should’ve uploaded the pics right away… I’ll be going to the school one more time next month before they are out for the summer so I’ll just take more pics and videos then. Experiencing a true village school was life changing for me. Nothing has made me more grateful for everything that I have and being born in America. Yet these children still had huge smiles on their faces and laughed and sang all day, despite the extreme poverty they live in, day in and day out. One little girl walked up to me and reached out to hold my hand and said very shyly “you’re beautiful”. I cried a little inside! How precious!! They all love having their pictures taken, they think they will be famous someday! (ya, famous on my secret blog!) It was a crazy day, I had sweat dripping from every pore, and more attention from kids than I have ever had (and ever desire, really..) but I will go back for more. The physical and emotional challenge of being in a place like that diminishes when you see how excited these kids get when they have “guest teachers” come in. They are on their best behavior, call you by your name with a Miss prefix (it was so adorable hearing them call me Miss Tara!) they are beyond candid when camera’s come out and vigorously wave and blow kisses at you when you leave! They think they feel famous? Other way around kiddos!! I look forward to next month already, and I WILL have pictures and videos to post of it next time!