Arrival in Shompole

July 1
Today we started work on the service project, and it went really well. We were putting cement on the walls, building tables and benches and digging the foundation for the cistern. The foreman, Edward, is awesome and we are making a lot of progress. We have a beautiful shade structure where we dine in the morning, afternoon and evening. We just started journaling today and we’re debriefing now at the end of our work day. I am saying these blog entries into a phone to Ross, who is in Denver where it’s morning, and in the background I hear the students singing the Shakira song (waka waka ay ay). The kids spent a lot of time playing with the Masai children today, including games of Duck Duck Goose. Justice and Nate even taught their own individual classes today. At the end of all this, we had a delicious meal of buttered chicken, made by James – Chris Lindstrom (instructor)