This is our one week mark in Lesotho! It seems like it has been much longer though. It is surprising how easy I have been able to adapt to this new lifestyle without electricity of running water. We are all very happy with the country and especially with the people. Everyone is incredibly friendly so long as you say 'Dumela' (hello) and 'u phela joang?' (how are you) We are now learning more about the school system and technical things about teaching our particular topics. Tomorrow we go to the capital city, Maseru, for the first time. We have heard time and time again about how dangerous a place it is. Today a good 2 hours were spent briefing us on the city and it's dangers. This should be interesting.
It seems I have made a pair of Basotho buddies; John and Clark. I forget their Sesotho names, but they like to gy be these 'Christian names' anyway. John is a junior in high school. He seems to be a pretty bright kid. He's top of his class here and leads the school choir. He wants to go to university and become a civil engineer. I don't know much about Clark, but he seems pretty nice and to be a smart guy. The 2 of them pal around. I have been helping them with their math and science homework and they've been helping me with my Sesotho homework. Not a bad arrangement! We talk about life here and in America and I teach them things about the stars. They seem like good kids but I'm apprehensive to get too close. I don't yet know this job of culture well enough to understand how close I should let myself get knowing I will leave them and this village in a couple months.
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