Monday: June 8, 2009: Computer Lessons

This morning, Charles had his second computer lesson. He is trying to master Quicken so he can do his financial reports for MTTF on the computer instead of writing them by hand. We worked on setting up account categories and sub-categories. Next we need to see what reports are going to be needed.

I also added a Bible program to Charles' computer. I think that will be a good tool for him to learn to use. I still need to meet with him to give a lesson on programming.

Water is still a problem. There is a little city water every once in a while, and the hand pump is currently working (the well is not dry) so MTTF does not have to go out and buy water. There is no way to pump the water we have into the water tower (waiting for a plumber to fix his mistake) so we carry all the water around in buckets. We (the foreigners) still get bottled water from town for drinking, so that is a regular walk for us.

Kayla did some mending in the afternoon. She found Jackie's sewing machine. It is a Butterfly. lack with gold trimmings, with a treadle for power. The thread kept breaking at first, but she figured out the secrets, with some help from Maureen the cook, and then she fixed a skirt for one of the girls. Charles also got out the electric sewing machine. It is a similar vintage, but has a motor on it. The motor was blown. I think this machine came from the US, and someone plugged it straight into the 220V system here. The electrician worked on it, and found the broken wire on the coil. He soldered it together, and now the machine works again. The sewing projects were finished for the day, so I guess it will go back in storage. Hopefully it will see some use before the step-down convertor is forgotten again.

Duncan's music teacher, Jeffrey, showed up this afternoon with three girls from school that wanted to learn the Hodu song. I had finished writing the harmony part and had the music all ready to print, but had not been to the cyber yet. We sat in the courtyard and sang through the song a few times. Our family was invited to go over to the school to teach the whole class the song.

Word has gotten around that we will be leaving MTTF on Saturday morning. Everyone is sad that we will be going. It is only a few days away, and there is still a lot to do here. We are looking forward to taking some time to relax.

After supper was the usual homework help. A few kids were playing games. I sang some songs in the dining room; some children joined in, and some danced. Duncan wanted to practice Hodu, so we did. He has a really good voice, and learns melodies very quickly. He could sing through the whole song while I did the descant part.

Tomorrow we go to Geofrey and Rose's house.