Sabore's Visit Today!!!

Sabore and Therese came to visit the 5th graders and 7th graders (as they had scheduling conflicts that prevented them from meeting Sabore when they were in 5th as well as 6th grade) and he spent an hour in the church with all of us talking about what it was like to grow up as a Maasai child and warrior and his life as a Maasai elder.  He talked about why they are building wells and what that means for the people, especially the women, in his tribe and updated us on the new school that is almost completed and will be opening on January 7th.

Students spent a good 20+ minutes asking him very thoughtful questions and unfortunately we ran out of time to get to all of the questions as there were just so many!!!  I was so proud of the students for how engaged they were and the quality of their questions and enthusiasm.

A fifth grade student presented Sabore with the check from the fundraiser and we gave them some of our completed 5th grade Maasai art projects (I will give them the rest of them when I see Therese in a few weeks).  Sabore and Therese presented me with a shuka which is a traditional cloth worn by the women in the tribe.  I was quite honored!!

It was such a wonderful day!  I hope that for the 5th and 7th grade families that your dinner tables were filled with lots of exciting stories from today and that you got to learn about Sabore and his amazing organization as well.