Tuesday 24th February

The day started with devotions at the bottom garden, it was a bit dull to start with but by the time we had finished breakfast it was the start of a lovely sunny morning. We adjourned to the top garden to prepare gift bags for the 20 new students. We met up with them later in the afternoon. We also made up 35 bags for the girls who'll be living in the newly decorated dorm. We got to NVI at 1.30 pm and laid out all the gifts and metal trunks. We met all the UgandAid and Steve spoke to them all about what we’ve expected of them while they’re studying at NVI. After the second and third years had gone back to their afternoon lessons, we then proceeded to the mango tree to talk with the first year. They’re all a lovely bunch of students willing to learn, to make a better life for themselves. Some of them are very shy but who ain’t when you’re moving into somewhere out of your comfort zone, they were all very pleased with what they were given, they began to decorate their trunks and flasks and mugs.

Very pleased with what they had done, they took them back to their dorm to enjoy being in their new home. Joan.