The next morning I woke up hearing little children singing. It was such a beautiful thing. I couldn't quite figure out where it came from. I knew they had children's devotions every morning though. After I got ready I went down for breakfast. They were all so cute in there white tshirt and blue bottoms uniform. And of course they all had flip flops to wear. To get ready for a meal they all gather around the tables. They stand behind the chairs. The house mom says "are we ready?" and the children reply "yes we are."Then they say "let us pray"...then they pray for there food. Possibly one of the cutest ways to pray that I have seen. They eat with a fork and a spoon. You don't usually find knives they use spoons for that. After breakfast they all finished getting ready for school. They left shortly after. The staff gathered for morning devotions. Each morning a staff morning would lead and they would also have worship. Then Monica addressed anything on the agenda. Then we dismissed to go about our day. I spent a lot of time with the preschool aged kids. In the mornings they had 3 little ones ages 3-5 roughly. They went over normal education stuff they would learn here, had lunch and napped. When they woke up the elementary kids would be back for lunch. The schools do not provide lunch and not every family can send lunch so all the kids go home at lunch time. Our driver goes to pick the kids up and brings them back to eat. When the elementary kids are done eating 2 of the preschoolers go back with them to school. They don't come back until dinner time. It's a long day. When the kids come back around dinner time they shower and get ready to eat. After dinner they have study period. This is probably one of my favorite times. I got to go around and see what the kids were working on. The schools can't afford books so the kids copy everything. A lot of the children wanted to read to me to practice their English. I really loved this. If the kids didn't have work they could read or draw. Most kids there are obsessed with angry birds. However it's more of an icon not an app game on there phone. They had no idea what the game was when i showed it to them on my iPad. A lot of the kids are very good at drawing. After study period they get ready for bed. Lights out at 9. And yes I would be in bed then. The sun goes down really early and the heat and humidity wears you out. Sleeping is not a problem...except for the jet lag:).
That is roughly what the day looks like around the Kings Garden.
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