School Days

Most of our distributions with the Lions Club are in schools. This picture shows the wall of a typical classroom. Headmasters and teachers are very high status people here, reflecting the importance accorded education by parents. The schools are poorly equipped, and supplies like paper and pencils are in short supply.

Today we went to Balaboo. We started out in wind and rain on a good road that quickly deteriorated into the world's biggest potholes, some 12 ft. in diameter.

This went on for half an hour, with van creaking and groaning as the body twisted. Good thing Marg, with her stomach problems, wasn't on this ride. The sun peeked out briefly at 9:00 a.m., the rain stopped, the winds died down, and the highway smoothed out a bit.

At Baraboo, all went very well. The people there were particularly friendly and the kids seemed extra-handsome. It was fun to see moms and dads heading home with bedkits on their heads and children in tow.

It was also good working weather in the mid-20s. The forecast is for a return of the hot stuff later this week.

We're being taken to an Indian restaurant tonight.

We have now distributed 6,000 of our 8,000 bedkits.