Our next project was to build two high school classrooms at Mukuyu-ini. The building was actually the same size as the church, it would just be divided into two room. I think they were going to use it for the equivalent of our 11th & 12th grade.
We were greeted by students carrying the mabati and wood that would be used for chalk boards. Very helpful.
Carol and Scott are getting ready for another days work.
The students loved paining.
Scott's a good worker bee.
This student watched me paint for a long time. I gave him the paint brush and he did a great job, looked like a pro.
The girls loved watching Carol paint. She had a great way of connecting with them. It was neat watching her interact.
The girls were cute, very shy, but they sure giggled a lot! Guess that's what girls do everywhere, doesn't matter what continent you are on!
Right next to the high school there was a nursery school and primary school. There were about 600+ children there. There were so many children! At first they were timid, but they quickly ran up to see us.
Sea of faces!
These are my favorite hats!!!! I love this picture!
They loved getting their picture taken.
So many of their clothes were torn like this. But they were happy all the same. 
Scott helped the boys do the zoom zoom. I'm sure it was their first time using a power drill. They loved it.
This is the classrooms in progress.
The elementary girls were sweet. They weren't quite as shy as the high school girls.
We were cracking each other up about something. There is something so special about hearing children laugh and seeing their beaming faces. Priceless!
Just hanging around. We were told that a lot of them didn't have much energy because they hadn't eaten enough. Sad.
The smiles of angels.
Me and the boys.
Boys will be boys.
Lunch time by the cool Kenyan tree.
The kids were having a ball with Scott!
This little boy was sooo adorable. He's my little poser. He could start a career in modeling.
Here he's trying to teach them ultimate frisbee. Frisbees unlike soccer balls will never pop or deflate. I think the guys really enjoyed it.
We drank pop out of bottles that were reused when we were done. Not sure how sanitary that was. This is where we had chai time and lunch. They always took such good care of us!
The sea of children. They had been sitting like that for 2 hours. No kidding. They were so well behaved! I don't think you would ever see hundreds of children in America be that well behaved for hours. They wanted to wait until after the dedication to hand out all of the hats. We were here waiting for the program to start.
For the dedication the high schoolers sang us a few songs and recited a couple of poems. They did a great job.
Keith gave the speech because Kathy was at the hostel sick.
After that we gave the hats out the the children. It was out of control!!! The kids did so well sitting there, so all of their energy exploded when the hats and candy came out. Overwhelmingis all I have to say.
The lady on the left was Usmart, one of the high school teachers and the other lady was an evangelist. They were both very nice.
The children loved the hats!
This was us with the staff that worked at the church and schools here. They really appreciated the building and we were excited that it will make it easier for children to get educated.
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