Some may or may not know that two of our orphans-no-more have done so well on their KCPE exams, they received full scholarships to prestigious boarding schools here in Kenya. Enoch Bandi is attending Starehe Boys, and...
This is our daughter Mercy. She has lived with us 7 years. She is a prefect already in her new high school. I don't love the idea of boarding schools, but in Kenya they are considered THE thing. They are the bees knees, the cats pajamas, and Mercy is very proud to be attending one due to her excellent grades. She is home with us during her mid term break, then she will return back to the school for three months, then home a month... and so forth.
Our 8 other orphans-no-more live with us and attend a local day school. They are all top in their classes and doing well. Some want to attend boarding schools, too, but I really like the family dynamic and influence family has in their lives. Their grades were not quite high enough to be on a full scholarship like Mercy, so for now, they attend school near The Shire. Again, GOing to school is a big deal since it is not free. I once home schooled the girls, but to them, going to school is a privilege so they begged to return.
Now my 5 bio-kids are home schooled. That is going well. Of course, I love higher level math so I am having fun with my two high-schoolers Andrew and Makena. Butterfly is in 7th grade, Emma Caite is in 3rd, and Ėowyn age 5 is reading, writing, and learning 1st grade math.
Of course all children are learning life skills. I am quite proud of the way they have adjusted to our more primitive life on the Shire. We hand wash clothes, cook with fire, and don't have electricity for 22 hours each day which means no appliances. (We turn it on for a show each evening after the dishes are all washed up).
Having no water is our biggest challenge at the moment. Andrew has been fetching 40 liters of water from our friends a few miles away. But we usually use 800 liters each day.
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