We are here to help Amy in her librabry and what she has done is really impressive. I graded papers last time I was there in the same room and it looked like a storage room. It now is looking like a proper librabry. While we where there we catalogued sorted and labeled thousands of books. It's really cool to be a part of a change. It's cool to see the legacy Amy is leaving her school as well.
We also had a chance to do a clean teeth presentation as well. Amy received a bunch of tooth brushes from a local dentist in her area. So we went to grade 1,3, and 6 and showed them how to brush and floss their teeth. It was interesting. In the 3 classes we went to not a single kid knew what floss was. Oh and they call tooth paste Colgate. It was really fun. Amy has gotten really good communicating with the students but the kids have a really hard time understanding me and Aly. At one point Amy got called away and Aly and I were left to present. The kids couldn't understand anything we were trying to say. After giving them the run down on brushin we took them out into the yard to brush their teeth. The class would get in a giant circle and Amy would go around and put toothpaste on each students brush. Then the would all brush their teeth. Followed by all of them spitting repeatedly. It was really funny to watch them brush.
I also got another tour of the village. It was the same group as last time and as always they didn't disappoint.
After another stint in the village we would return to Durban to take Aly back to catch her flight. While in Durban we went to the stadium and rode an elevator that took is to the top which has awesome views of the city.
After the trip to Durban I would go back with Amy using the local taxis. We spent that week working in the library to get things in order before she left for vacation.
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