Chad is a very remote place, living in Guinebor II at times, we seem to be cut off from the western world… But somehow the loom bands craze has hit Chad, we see children proudly showing off their bracelets, necklaces and rings every morning when we drop off our neighbour Gioia at the Primary School… We’ve even been given some: my piano teacher’s youngest daughter Clara gave me a ring and Ruth’s friend Amira gave her a bracelet. There is one problem with loom bands in Chad though, you’ve probably all heard about their terrible effects on the environment well here it’s the environment which has terrible effects on them! Just look at this picture of Ruth’s bracelet…
We’ve even nicknamed one of our kittens Lumi… his real name is Lumineer (I’m sure you’ve all heard of Ho Hey) the others are Magic, Wednesday’s Wolf and Fun. We’ve only got Wednesday’s Wolf left now, Lumineer has found a new home with Dia, one of the hospital's midwives.
As for the heat I’m exploring in my TPE (Travaux Pratiques Encadrés) project how the weather can be used for development through solar energy! In my year (1re) in our French school all the students have to do a project on a subject of our choice with a group of friends. We have to write up our finds and then present them to some teachers in February as part of our Baccalaureate. So we’ve chosen solar and are working out how the sun’s energy can be used in Chad!
Earlier I mentioned my piano teacher’s daughter Clara, I have a piano lesson every week with a Swiss missionary friend called Viviane and she’s just found someone who is willing to give Ruth guitar lessons.
I doubt his daughters will be offering Ruth loom bands though; the craze just doesn’t seem as appealing when everything you make falls apart after a couple of weeks... Then again it’s a perfect excuse to make more!
