Kisa Scholars Check In During Exam Week — Send Them Good Luck!

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Tammy Tibbetts

The next batch of correspondence from our Kisa Scholars, sponsored by the GIRLS WHO ROCK NY benefit concert, are in! Leave your comments and we’ll circle them back to the girls to read, and they’ll answer any questions you have.

Grace Lyimo

Thanks! To be honest you really make happy when I read your message. On first day of the coming month, we’re going to start our examination and after that we will be having an holly day [holiday] of about one and a half or two months. So on this week I will be very busy, final preparation before having my terminal examination. Hope you will be praying for us so that we will would do
something ” wondering” [wonderful].

To me you have been like sisters and I hope one day we will meet face to face. I can’t imagine how happy will I be to see you my dear sisters. I love you all! I will inform you much about how life goose [goes] and how are things at my home and my community [are], because it have been long time since I left my home and come to school. I hope to hear from you soon! Don’t forget to pray for us!!! All the best. – Grace Lyimo

Elizabeth David

Elizabeth David

Hi guys
How are you? I hope you are all well, am just a little busy preparing for my terminal exams which will start on Wednesday this week. Thanks a lot guys for sharing some different cultures that you have in the US. That thing about the accent, I hear it in the movies. [We told her that in the US, people from different states sometimes speak a little differently.] We finished working on the book before we left from the internship and it was such an amaizing experience.

Hey guess what! Next week on Thursday we are gonna start our one month holiday. I’m so excited about going home seeing my mother and sisters. I also miss my friends and home cooked food. I will also get a chance to [show] my mom your
pictures. I will be realy happy to see your video [about Peru]! My greetings to all. – Elizabeth David


And we heard from Happiness — she writes with more brevity than the other girls, but she is doing OK!

Happiness Monyo

Hellow there, well I would love to be an economist because I love economics. What I like most in Tanzania are the honey pots found like the national parks, reserves, water bodies and most of all the peaceful environment found in Tanzania…We are in the week of exams, so many people are busy..and we are going to close for the holidays..am so excited that I will see my family after 6months. – Happiness Monyo

[Editor's Note: Some light grammatical edits have been made to original messages for clarity.]

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  • Cheryl

    Hello Grace, Elizabeth and Happiness, As always we are always happy to hear from you here at She’s The First. Exams are always a stressful time, a lot of studying and hard work. But as long as you do your very best, that is all that matters. I can imagine that you are all anxious to get to go home to visit with your families, have home cooked food and relax for a month or so before going back to school. Sounds like it has been quite some time since you have been home. What holiday do you celebrate this time of year? Tomorrow, the first Monday in September is a holiday in the USA that we call “Labor Day”. It is a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country.
    Most schools usually start the day after this holiday after having the summer off. Wish you girls all the best on your holiday, and yes Grace we will keep you all in our prayers so you can all do something wonderful. You girls have already shared all the wonderful accomplishments you have made this far and you make us all so proud! Keep up the good work!

  • Tammy

    Thank you for this note! We just sent it along to Grace, Happiness, and Elizabeth. Looking forward to their updates on how their vacation/exams went!