First morning

Wednesday morning Susan and I woke tired but with a full day ahead of us.  We got a couple calls from our Kamathatha Kids that they were sent home from school for new teachers fees….seems to be too much to just call us but if they send the kids home they don’t have to work…… This week alone 12 of our kids have been sent home for some lame reason.
So after feeding the pups we headed out for the 2 1/2 hour walk to meet the kids where they have lunch. Not only to give them their fees but to check on them and talk to the Momma who fixes their lunches and keeps an eye on them.  Had new shoes for Gladys, Margaret and Jane and noted they had no socks and that the big kid’s uniforms were in tatters.  Turns out they never went and picked up their uniforms….so told them to please go pick them up!
On the way to see the kids our path took us by Cu-cu Kagure’s.  We popped in and left her some bananas and found her again sitting in the sun with her one year old great-great-grandson who immediately started to cry at the sight of these horrible pale creatures walking towards him.  We’ve seen him many times but we still terrify him.  We had a taxi come to pick us up so we could get home and get other things done.  We constantly have our older kids popping in and others that have heard about the muzungu that helps orphans.  Not easy to say no but we really are at our limit right now…..