Monday 17th November

Work, work, work.....work!
As you may have guessed, with the beginning of this week, we were back on the working trail. Bo Diocese, ready or not, here we come!
Today was to be spent predominantly in Bo town itself, visiting the schools of Bo Coronation Field (a short stone’s throw from our hotel,) the elusive Bo Dambala Road, Primary and Infant Schools, before finally bombing it the provincial wonderland of Sahn.
Well, an interesting day of school visits later and we were back in the hotel.
But what, oh what happened during the day? Well I’m writing this blog slightly later than planned, due to a mixture of laziness and early nights, maybe, induced by the purchaaase of some cartons of pound wine...maybe.
Anyway, I can’t really remember. The day’s highlights included Parks’ address to the local tribal leaders at Sahn, a truly humbling experience (humbled by the presence of the elders, not Parksy’s speech....well...) The tribal chiefs were so pleased by our presence, the school link program and everything that we had to contribute, that we were both overjoyed to be there, the experience gave our mission a sudden, wonderful and different meaningful twist.
The low-light of the day was definitely the realisation that Parks hadn’t packed the camera charger, and, completely out of battery, I may have pretended to take a few photos of some of the children to make their day and week....maybe.
After a wonderful day, we settled back in the pad, 3 schools and a day down in Bo Diocese, GET IN!!!
We’d also collected quite a considerable amount of the local Palm wine, and, oddly, it was missing in the morning.