Today, during mass the principal of the primary school introduced the students that just finished 8th grade to bless them. Primary school goes until 8th grade and secondary goes until 12th grade. These students are going to take the public exam that will place them in a secondary school. It was very nice for me to see all the community blessings these young people and wishing them luck
In the afternoon, I had my workshop with some women leaders. I was expecting to have at least 10 women but just 3 showed up. I was somewhat disappointed but the Fathers and Sisters said that at least I have 3 women. The topic of my workshop was leadership. It was very interesting seeing the women discussing Barsaloi’s problems and looking for possible solutions. One of the discussions was about the security, because of all of the problems that have been occurring between the tribes. For this problem, a potential solution they gave was to stop selling the alcohol and the ra materials needed to prepare it. Another problem they spoke about was electricity. The power has been bad are not having power all night every night. At the end of the meeting they decided to invite the other leaders and go and talk about these issues with the chief. They want to exercise their leadership!!
These are my mosquito bites from my night in Lowa!!!