School Lunch

The actual school for the children of the village we are in is just half way down the mountain. Kids from all over the mountain attend the school. The teachers at the school are all native Napali Volunteers. Some of them know just a little more than the children and their English is so-so. This post isn't about the school so I'll leave that as is for now but may be posting again about it after we actually visit the school for a day.

This post is about school lunch. Her Farm helps provide some of the lunches for the school. Sometimes a teacher or the principle of the school will come up to the Farm and get the lunch for all the kids. This usually happens when the weather is not as nice. However on nice days Her Farm hosts lunch.

All the sudden the peace and quite of the farm is broken as 60+ kids come running up the last ridge of the mountain. Dressed in their blue school uniforms each of them find a spot to sit somewhere along the steps of the farm. Bowls of top roman noodle soup (which happens to be Keturah's favorite meal here) are passed out to each child. They each eat heartily and then deposit their empty bowl into a laundry basket. Once everyone is done and hands have been washed they all line up behind one of the teachers. Once lined up they march down the hill with another teacher taking up the rear making sure no one is left behind. It's all happens so fast that if you aren't paying attention you may miss it.