It is one dusty playground that is filled with oh around 50 or so children aged 2-17...playing sweetly and creatively with each other and the few bits and odds around. The community centre has become a part of our daily ritual each day where by the late afternoon we join the hillside of kids and go to this fab place where there is a playground, a "computer lab" - no computers, a library, and dance hall! It's all fairly humble, but it is well loved and well used. For us, we are immersed in children's culture here and the boys have so much fun with the locals...it is a perfect fit!
We are staying about 40 minutes outside Maseru in a little town called Roma, at a local trading post up on the hill. Further up the hill the roads get more bumpy, travelled only by horses and foot. The hills are sprinkled with little tin shacks that sell sweets, some house supplies, and i think there may even be a saloon a ways up. Mostly though, we see laundry hung outside, some gardens of cabbage, and several rondavels/homes. The roads are all a light brown dirt and the dust is around all the time. While it is winter here, it is dry and warm through the day by our standards.
The days are full for all of us, but by day's end, it is easy to find highlights. For today, the highlight is recognizing that our family is smoothing out and finding a rhythm that is all ours. The weather is beautiful and most of our time is outside....as we like it!
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