When I was little I loved to play pioneers.   If I could have chosen an era in which to live, it would certainly have been the era of Little House on the Prairie. I played, dreamed, and thought about walking behind my covered wagon while watching the world from under a sunbonnet.  What would life be like if there was no electricity or running water and I went to school in a one room schoolhouse?

I remember someone telling me that I should be a missionary in a remote area, where I could be a pioneer.  At the time it sounded cool.  Now it is practically a reality!  Ok, we do have a solar panel.  That’s not quite Little House-ish.  And we do have running water.

But I always wear a skirt…left all my jeans at home.  That’s definitely Little House-ish! And most times when I go outside I wear a headcovering…not quite a sunbonnet, but close.  And the coolest thing about being here is that I teach in a one-room schoolhouse.

My one room schoolhouse is a small building in Steve and Sharon’s yard.  With nice big windows (complete with security bars…this is Africa!) on three walls it has a two tables for my students, two cabinets full of curriculum and supplies, and a small desk for me.

Or that’s what it will look like…hopefully before school starts on August 31.  Right now it is being used as a storage room, but once the sacks of cement, rabbit food, and the bicycles have been moved we will paint and it will begin to look more like a schoolhouse.

But the one thing that makes my one room schoolhouse even beyond cool is Max.  He peeks in the window of the schoolroom and watches me as I work.  His house is a cage outside the window, next to the mama rabbit and her four babies.  Not even Laura Ingalls went to a school that had a monkey peeking in the window!