First School Day at RFIS

I got up about 6:30 to eat breakfast and then went into the van.   We went to the new school and when we got there I went and looked for Nate who is in my grade.   The first class was math, and there I got to see what their math book looked like. The second class was I think called social studies or something.   Then it was French I and I got to see if I could understand what they were saying.   Then it was English and finally lunch.   I was pretty hungry after I ate my lunch so Desi gave the rest of hers to me.   We did choir after lunch and got to see some movies.   Then it was bible and after that, PE.   I got to run the 1600 meters in 13min. and 22 sec.   I was kina've winded after that since I wasn't used to running.   I stayed after school to help Lyle work on his plot and then Went to the movie at night called, Tangle.

at the roaring river

   This Saturday Caleb, Josh, Papa, and me went to a river which is 30 minutes out of town.   On the way we saw the presidents mansion on top of a hill.   The place was really nice and we had to pay 3000 francs for all of us which is about 3 dollars and a third.   There was no one else who came.   The water was really clear but icy icy cold.   We swam in the damp because it was rapid lower down and not as deep.   When Josh, Caleb, and I walked upstream we saw a boat stuck under a log.  So we got it free and went down the rapids by poling.   It was really strong.   We had a great time.   

Thievery in the Kitchen

     No one knew that there was a cookie missing during spring break.   One Saturday morning Mama was about to go into the kitchen, but Caleb started asking her questions.   While Caleb was inquiring, Lyle snuck through the kitchen doorway and took the huge chocolate chip cookie that was going to be for Timothy on his birthday.  

     When Mama found out, she thought it was Admiratio because he was finishing something in his mouth.   Tim found out about the cookie incident and knew it wasn’t Admiratio because he had fed him that morning.   He then investigated.   When Tim walked through the kitchen door, he saw a crumb that had fallen into the sink.   He knew that Admiratio wouldn’t go up there because of the faucet.

    Next morning Tim got up early and put a big cookie near the place where Lyle usually went to get a drink of water in the morning.   The detective hid and waited.   At 6:00 a.m. Lyle came down and saw the cookie near his cup.   He thought to himself how lucky he was since there was another cookie just at hand.   When he was about to eat it, Caleb came and asked if he could have half of it because Lyle had gotten the bigger piece of the other stolen cookie.   Before they had secretly finished it, Tim came out and told how naughty they were.   When they heard this, they knew they were in trouble.   As soon as everybody was up, the brilliant detective told the story, and Caleb and Lyle had to pay him twenty tokens for stealing.

Fishing at a Pond

Last Thursday we (caleb, abel, sera, sarah, jessica, me, and our mothers) went to a fish pond near the lake in Lubumbashi.   I caught the biggest and another, Abel caught five, Caleb caught four, and Jessica caught two.