Labor Day...

Last week was fantastic! I so enjoyed my time helping out at the Egyptian House.
This week has started off fantastically as well! Joy is back at Discovery School, and I am now going to be working with small reading groups of 8 kids (working on phonics, comprehension, etc) teaching some computer classes, and, if there's any extra time, just helping in the classrooms.

I am very excited to start school tomorrow!

Today is the Burundian Labor Day. Everyone is off, and they have a parade for the president. I was told that everyone walks around downtown carrying signs that state what their professions are.
The mental picture I got of this made me laugh. I'm sure it's very different from what I envision, but I rather like my mental picture of what's going down downtown. Everyone standing around, holding picket signs with words like "teacher", "baker", "candlestick maker"...

As far as witnessing goes here, I know that the language barrier is definitely something that hinders (though hopefully it will become less as I'm learning!), but I have had some great spiritual conversations with people around me. I like to remember Augustine's quote: "Preach the gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words." Actions do speak louder than words.