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 My wife, Christy, and I are the teachers for the children of the Kabiye mission team in here in Kara. We are graduates of Harding University and have spent the last year teaching middle school science in McKinney, TX. We arrived in Kara the beginning of September and have already learned so much in the month we have been here. Christy is teaching the 1st grade group. They are very excited about school and all that they are learning. They are currently studying phonics and have just begun their first readers. In math, the exploration of angles has impressed even the parents. Science has been filled with wet experiments as the kids have been learning about water, and are now moving into plants. I have the privilege of working with the pre-k group. We are having so much fun beginning our letters and numbers. The pre-k has been learning about the five senses and always enjoys an art lesson reinforcing their colors.
 The biggest news around the schoolhouse is about the arrival of our first, class pet. She is a pregnant goat named Joanna, and we will be watching and caring for her as she gives birth in December. It will be a great lesson in the processes of life. The children love to pet, hug, talk to, feed, and lead Joanna around the school yard. This goat has never had so much attention. Excitement is also growing over the coming of the Harvest Hoedown, where the children will celebrate the coming of the harvest with a festival and a program for their parents.
Last week we were talking about water in weather for first grade science. Our discussion led us into thunderstorms and the formation of lightning. The children were so intrigued that we decided to perform an experiment with static electricity to demonstrate lightning on a small scale. We ran into some difficulty though. The humidity is extremely high here, so the old rubbing the balloon on the carpet trick wasn't working too well. We were able to find some poly-fil and it worked out great. The children were a little tentative to let me put a balloon over their head after we had talked about how powerful lightening was and how dangerous it is to play with electricity. After a demonstration using Christy's hair they all saw it was safe and had a great time standing their hair on end.
We are so thankful for your continued prayers and support.
Brian and Christy Dolinger
visit our webpage for pictures from school
www.teamdolinger.org
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