October 4, 2011

Today is the second day of our dental clinic at Phandesane School. We are starting to get used to the hour car ride to and from Pasture Valley Farms where we are staying to the school each day. Yesterday when we arrived, one of the teachers approached me and asked me to give a presentation to the kids about the history of the American Indians and the United States. So Father Carl helped me out and we gave a 30 minute presentation to the students. At the end they were all smiles and asked a lot of questions. It showed that something so little can change their day! After lunch and "recess" we started a new project. We had asked the Head Mistress (principal) if we could paint a wall outside ad have the kids decorate it with us. Kaelly and I painted a 10 x 10 foot square on the end wall of the school building with two coats of white paint. My mom (Elizabeth) then wrote "Nkhulu Nkhulu Agubusise" but then was told it was misspelled...so we repainted it correctly in the Zulu form, since this part of the country spoke a different version of the language...all was fine once fixed!