The first day of year three, we are off and running

Family and Friends,

As always, it is great to be at the school, today was even more rewarding being in a school that is better than most american schools on the border of the Kibera Slum. It is fantastic and the pride that is present in the students is extremely overwhelming.

We started our day of at the Kuona Trust Art Centre, which is this amazing art center for artists in residence, programs for artist development and a wonderful gallery that the journalism club used last year to display their photo journalism exhibit. If all works as planned, we will be having an art exhibit at this place starting this Friday through Monday. It is exciting to think that these artist will be displaying their art for public view for the first time in their life. If all goes well, the "Artist of St. Al's" exhibit will open this Friday at 6:30pm. What an opportunity for these smart, beautiful and important students. They make our hearts full.

Thank God we got to the school early as they had not at all really alerted the students of when and how we will be starting this year and so they had to run around quickly. New school or not, Phil Boroughs said to us on our first trip and this remains to be true "it will never go as planned" Because of the shuffle and getting the students prepared to meet with us, Margaret and I jointly met with the students from Froms 1 -4 together to explain what we will be doing. Went over the new few weeks curriculum, talked about expectations, talked about the exhibit and also got them prepared for lots of work. They are ready and willing. Then off they went to something that was planned at the same time as our class, go figure.

We came back to the Pedro Arrupe to some light exercise around the property and a pleasant dinner with a bunch of Jesuits and a nun... As always, it is great.

Tomorrow is truly day of art practice and working with the students. It is so rewarding and they are so ready. We asked if there were questions and one asked about the photos they took three years ago and the landscape and figure and different elements we had taught. It was amazing to think that it stuck with them. We also have learned some of our students have gone of to the Buro Buro (I am sure that I spelled this wrong) School of Fine Arts in Kenya and one is a producing and selling artist. Who knew? This is great.

Be well and thanks for following us,

Charles and Margaret