Tomorrow is Saturday, the day where we work with the sponsored students helping them with their volunteer work. The past several saturdays many of the Kalomo High School grade 11 and 12 students have been assisting our new farm manager, Yobe Banda to build a fence. Our cattle need to be confined to a smaller area. All the post hole digging is done by hand, as is the fixing of the barbed wire to the posts. Lots of hard work - but "our" boys do it with smiles and then afterwards we feed them buns and juice. We spend time in singing and devotion before transporting back to school on the back of the big truck. The grade 10 sponsored students stay back at KHS and work at the "piggery". Sometimes a few grade 10's sneak on the truck and even sometimes some kids that are not sponsored by ZMF-C escape to the farm with us!
I will stay at the Guest House with about 25 of our local sponsored kids. I'm trying to get them to look after a large garden that will then feed some of our young kids (grade 8 and 9's) who are boarding at Namwianga Basic school.
Last week, we had some of the kids dig a pit that will become the compost. When I checked back later at their progress it was deep and wide enough to hold a casket for a giant. I asked the gardener (that we have until April 7) to please fill some of it in! He did.
Richard is trying out his cell phone. He likes to put jazzy music as his ringer and the kids laugh when he dances to the ringing!
We appreciate hearing from any of you!
suekrogs@sasktel.netrichardkrogsgaard@sasktel.net 
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