I spent the last week of my time in Ganta preparing the library for the arrival of the shipment of books donated by the members and friends of First United Methodist Church of Mansfield. I sweet-talked a couple of the boys into helping me clean the place up. We pulled out all of the bookshelves, unearthing giant termite piles, wasps, and the biggest scorpion I’ve ever seen in person. The library has windows on all sides that stay open for ventilation, so it’s kind of at the mercy of nature. We bleached the shelves, reorganized, and labeled everything. We also repainted the walls, fixed the ceiling fan, and repaired the light fixtures. The place is in pretty good shape now and the donated books should arrive in the next couple of months. The principal is interviewing for a librarian now, so hopefully there will be someone in place to make sure it remains a clean place for the kids to study. The school also wants to implement a system so that kids can check out books to take home!
