Saturday, October 3, 2009

Kabiufa

I belong to a ladies craft group that meets once a week in town for a time of socializing and working on various crafts. Many of these ladies have never been out of town my direction and so I invited the whole group to meet here at my house at Kabiufa this past week. I thought maybe you would enjoy a tour of where we live as well.

Kabiufa is approximately 6 miles out of town. Our SDA boarding Academy is located here and we live right in the middle of the school campus.

Here you can see the Kabiufa school campus from the air. It is in a beautiful country setting.

When you walk on campus you are met by this block of classrooms.

To the right is this large green lawn which is often the site of many happy games of rugby or baseball. (In the background you will notice a little white house in the middle of the photo. This is our home)

A closeup of our humble abode.
The administration building has a pretty little garden courtyard in the back.
(Front of Admin building)

(Back of Admin building)
To the left of our home is the cafeteria. It also serves as the “gymnasium” on Saturday nights. The tables are all stacked against the walls and the games begin. It can get quiet noisy sometimes. (In the background you will again see our home)
The view from our front porch, looking out onto the cafeteria.
Next to the Cafeteria is the Church.
It dominates the campus as it is quite an imposing building with its tall, steep roof.
Here you see one of the dormitories. Kabiufa has approximately 700 students, but not all of them are boarding students. Many are local kids from town and the surrounding villages.
Some of the staff housing that is on campus.
Believe it or not, there is even a swimming pool!

Recently we had a baptism for some of the students. The candidates, dressed in white, are all lined up waiting for the service to begin.
Believe me, the water is cold! At our high elevation a swim is not necessarily refreshing.
Roger Millist, the director of AAS, is also a pastor so he had the privilege of helping with the baptism.
As for Bill and I, we were just happy spectators.