Greetings from Lesotho!
I realize it has been a long, long time since I’ve updated at all… probably since Kilimanjaro? Life has been a rollercoaster since then, lots of ups and downs, and somehow I never quite know what to post.
Probably the biggest thing is that the school’s generator is now completely fixed and functional. Much thanks to the Hilbert students in Wisconsin for their incredible fundraising, we were able to get the alternator fixed and installed. The electrician had to come several times to make sure everything was usable and on his final visit, a student came running to my house and told me to try my lights. I flipped the switch and THERE WAS LIGHT. IN EVERY ROOM OF MY HOUSE. Since then the school has been using it to pump water and provide light for the older students to study in the evenings. It’s wonderful!
Other than that, the biggest news is that I’ll be leaving my school early December to finalize all my paperwork and leaving Lesotho several days later. Though I don’t have my trip all planned yet, I’m looking forward to a couple weeks of travel before arriving home for Christmas!
With my COS (close of service) date looming just a couple months away, I’m trying to make sure all the things I’ve been working on are appropriately wrapped up and handed over to people who will be able to continue them in my absence. The egg project is finished – the chickens haven’t been producing enough eggs, meaning they’re no longer worth keeping. I believe almost all 150 chickens have been sold so I’m not going to have to worry about eggs or chickens anymore, probably for the rest of my life. The library is still a library, and as long as my teachers can choose new librarians for next year, it will be just fine.
Classes continue to be fine. We have just under 3 weeks left before Independence Holiday (a week off in October), after which the external classes begin their serious exams. After that, only a month and a half of school before we close in November.
That’s all for now, folks…
Love from Lesotho!
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