Today, the Pepperdine students returned for a second day. They arrived just in time for lunch. They had intended to arrive earlier to have more time to discuss careers/university/etc. with the students, but a police road block on the way delayed them. The students enjoyed getting to know them better as they ate together, though.
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| Salum never passes up the opportunity to ham it up in front of a camera. |
After lunch came the fun part of the day. We started out with some silly games in the dining hall, and then moved outside for a volleyball tournament, a sack race, a few relay races, and a football (soccer) game with the Pepperdine students.
First up, we had one volunteer from each form come to the front. The challenge was to see who could guzzle a bottle of coke the fastest. (Might I note, this was all planned by Oscar, a first-year teacher, who is twenty-four.) Fortunately, no one got sick, and we now know that Bahati (form 3) has a hidden talent.
Everyone who wanted to play volleyball was split into teams with a mix of students, teacher and Pepperdine students on each team, and a tournament was held. Other students watched, or, in this big wad of people in the photo below, taught some Pepperdine students a Tanzanian hit song that is currently popular.
It was a bit hot out; even just watching, I ended up with a bit of a sunburn. (Remember, February is summer here; so just imagine all of this taking place in August, but with less humidity).
Carry-an-egg-on-a-spoon relay race!
Did I mention that you have to carry the spoon in your mouth?
Time for soccer!
Many smiling faces at the end of the day! The person with their feet in the air in the front is a teacher... sigh. ;) The students were sad to say goodbye to their new friends as they piled back into their bus.
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