Painting!!

This week was all about PAINTING!  People in the community have continually been asking us who was going to paint the library.  Whenever Adrienne and I explained that we planned to ourselves, they would look at us skeptically probably thinking to themselves, these two white girls can't paint!  But we sure proved them wrong!

Another little helper

Over the
weekend, we invited my girls group to help us paint the walls.  We mixed the paint ourselves, choosing a light blue and light aqua green color.  The girls loved painting!  They were singing songs and laughing the entire time.  For almost all of them, this was their first time ever painting.  It only took about an hour to paint all the walls and we returned the next day for the second coat.  The girls left with paint splatters all over their faces and arms saying how they were going to paint their own houses and would never need to hire a painter.  Adrienne and I went home extremely grateful for the additional hands and that we didn't have to do all the work ourselves.

On Sunday, Adrienne and I spent all day Sunday creating letter stencils for my English group members to use to paint the alphabet on the wall.

Again, for almost all of them, this was their first time ever painting and they couldn't have been more excited to help out!

Then on Tuesday, Adrienne and I took over the task of outlining all the letters in black. Here's the finished product!

We are also working on creating a mural on the wall using the hand prints of everyone who has helped with the library construction.  Eventually, the idea is to turn the hand prints in to flowers.

 And now, today, Saide is finishing up the patio, cementing the floor.

We have just finished the second trimester of school and are heading in to two weeks of vacation.  After an adventure overland to Zambia to visit Victoria Falls, I'll be back to finish the final touches of the library, work out the logistics, receive the Portuguese books and open the doors to the community!