Girl Scouts' 100th Anniversary Event: Part 4- Pen Pals

Each station at the 100th Anniversary event was put together by the older junior high and high school girls.  This particular station was set up because one of their leaders is in contact with another leader miles away in Washington D.C.  They agreed to pass the letters to girls in each respective group and match the girls up with penpals. 

This station was not my favorite because the Daisies and Brownies are not able to write as fast as the older girls.  Even with help, they were only able to do a few sentences before time was up and they had to switch stations.  Sooooooo... I am not sure what kinds of responses they will get on their letters, but they did give it their best effort. 

Morgan's Penpal receives his letter!!!

I just received this picture of Morgan's penpal Simbwa Henry receiving his letter from Morgan. Morgan drew him a picture & then dictacted to me what she wanted to say to him. It will be fun to receive his letter to Morgan! Jaden, of course, was disappointed that we don't have a picture of her penpal Nakaiza Vanesa with her letter yet... Only God and the post office understand why letters don't get where they are supposed to at the same time as other letters that were mailed together... Hopefully, we will see a picture with Nakaiza Vanesa and her letter soon.

Ugandan Pen Pals

putting a stamp on her letter to Nakaiza Vanesa

Putting their first letters to their pen pals in the mail box

Morgan's pen pal Simbwa Henry is 4 (above) and Jaden's pen pal Nakaiza Vanesa is 7 (below)

Jaden and Morgan now have penpals. Both children live in Kampala, Uganda. They are from Northern Uganda, but their families fled the violence there. They now attend a school outside the capital that was set up for refugees.

Henry loves to play soccer. His parents work in the stone quarry nearby. They get paid less than $1 to break large rocks into smaller pieces!! He wants to be a lawyer when he grows up.

Vanesa's father abandoned the family. Her mother is the breadwinner, but she is often sick. Vanesa loves to read, and she wants to be a nurse when she grows up...

Next thing on our home-school agenda: study Uganda