Starting from March 2 which was our last week of classes.
On monday we had Chapel on the view point which is very close to AE and it overlooks all of PMB which was really cool!
Tuesday we Visited Tabitha mission, it was soo cool to see what they do with kids who's parents cant care for them or they are mal nourished. It was really toching to see the headmasters heart for the kids and what not. what a great ministry.
Wed went to boys Dranksberg choir it was fun but it was a looong drive. got some good pictures and the boys were amazing at singing!! it was so fun too!!! i enjoyed it a lot for as long of a drive it was.
Thrus-durban day!!! I hung out with chanel, got really tan, and went to the rotating resturatant after which was sooo cool!! i have never been to one before and it was good food too! it was a good day in durban!
Friday- started community engagement... was very looong.
Sat- more community engagement class. played mafia during class. amazing. went to franky bananas for alexes birthday.
Sunday- went to church.. north hills.. not going to lie its very much like church at home ish,but still so cool to be with a coumminty of believers outside the country. The after went on canopy tours!!! so amazing! i loved it! Some pictures are posted up on facebook. then came back to go eat dinner with the pasaros...so cool got to go over what we wanted to do for bonginkosi.
Week of march 9th-15
Monday-Beginning of community engagement. good day. have our work cut out for us. when i got back i went on a run to the keg and back.
tuesday- again community engagement. that was good, but i was really tired and had isi zulu after too.
Wed- CE, took lots of pictures for that today. went and helped out at the new building again. Later went to pasaros for small group. that was cool too!
Thrus- i thought this was going to be a chill day. no zulu..but i forgot i had his and culture. but bonginkosi was good. did alot of gardening work and took all the kids over to the new place for pictures....IT WAS CRAZY! then came back for class and relaxing.
Friday- CE class.. its really hard to pay attetion..so i make movies and take a billion pictures of people...its great. Chanel and I ran to the mall when i got back. it was so fun because no one expected it! Later that night had fox fire commissiong and it was cool. Then went to bed becasue i was pooped from the week.
Saturday- March 14 we went to Ushaka marine world. that was really fun. Chanel and i went to a dolphin show then went exploring the rest of the marine place. it was so neat and saw so many fishes and animals!! pictures were so cool! Then we went to the water park. that was alot of fun. it was kinda raining but it was fun anyways. we got alot of cool pictures of each other and what not. we did some shopping afterwards to in the durban shopping area we always go shopping in. post cards and everything else! chanel and I also happened to wear the same outfit as well..not planned at all!!! haha then came home and watched some movies i think.
Sunday March 15th
Today was a lazy day. didnt go to church and listened to a few messages from rockharbor. it was so funny..i knew paige was on her computer and i was too and she was on top bunk and i was on bottom. and we were both laughing everynow and then and i couldnt figure out what she was doing. it wasnt till i was getting up that i figured out that she was listening to a message as well. we are such holy roomates. I went on a quick run and then headed to bonginkosi for a parent meeting. that went alot better than i thought. our group got alot of feed back from the parents. that is always encouraging. Then came back and went on a run to the mall with chanel.i think we suprised them all. it was great! came back and went to dinner.
it was a good week.
March 16-22
Monday- Our service sites week 2 have begun! I love bonginkosi so much! we have done so much and we only have so much more planned! i cant wait to see how it all works out! Today we went to club jVK...aka Jeremiah's place to work on logisical stuff and plan the week. We also found out that Nicoles parents are going to adopt bonginkosi and fund basicly the furnishing and sponor about 12 kids a year. GOD IS FAITHFUL! Later jeremiah and I went and ran some errans for the school and dropped it off at the new school. and then headed back to work again on some things. Jeff showed everyone the movie he has so far and it almost made me cry. honestly ive never had my heart pulled so hard into somthing like before. it made me miss the kids so much!!!!! how i am going to miss it when i leave. then came home and went to the mall and got some random things. post cards, stamps, the usual. came back and had dinner and then zulu.. it is sooooo hard having class after a long work day such as today. but hopefully it will get better.
Tuesday- Bonginkosi! did alot of work there. Steph wasnt there so we did some recording for interviews and what not. also we did some bio's for the kids. hopefully we can have them up and running on the web site very soon! Regan came and we played with the kids and did some minor work with the new building. had to evaluate the new garden and the old garden. fun stuff. then headed out early. then late went to the mall to eat dinner for papa's birthday. fun stuff. the zulu people got to go too and go to class after. the thing was that our food didnt get there till about...7 an we had class at 7. it was horrilbe we had to rush and get to class. SOOOO LAME. then aftewards we had cake for papa. and then MAJOR STUDYING for our zulu test the next day. meg and i stayed up late for that. and then crashed.
Wed- we started to paint the new buildings!! it was so sweet!! they turned out soo good and we all got to do sooo much! it was such a productive day! We basicly got the dinning room done and also the kitchen where we boareded the tops of the walls with our handprints. and wrote our school name and spring sememters. so amazing to see what we did. that took alot of the time. i had some down time to study zulu which was nice because our test was going to be killer!!!! finally got back to AE and i studied my butt off till dinner and then took the test.
we wont talk about that test because it was that bad. then came back to my room and got ready for small group. I got to talk to paul about bonginkosi for a bit then went right into small group. good bonding time and food time!! i love MILK! Then got back and watched a movie and went to bed!!! yeboooo!
Thrusday- Painting some more! we finished the dinning room and went into the other room and did jonah and the whale! that was fun. We also all wore out painting shirts and made a team JANS shirt! so much fun and put our hand prints all over them!! i really enjoy our group a lot! then came back to ae.... and had history and culture and dinner. Woody and his family came here on wed so it was nice to wake up to a nice suprise of his family!!! they are sooo cool!
Friday- chapel day! woody spoke to us!!! so encouraging! I think it was so sweet to see a familar face around here. i really miss apu life sometimes! Then, of cousre, CE class...i kinda paid more attention than usual. The went on a mall run later and got a whoooole bunch of stuff for sunday because we are having all the kids come and do hand paintings on the tree we painting on the dinning hall wall!!! hopefully that will be good! I also got a new backpack and some other stuff i needed. i still nee new shoes... hummm. haha we shall see where i find those! Then came back and chilled and watched a movie. We all hung out in my room and just chilled for the time being and went to bed early because of our hike the next day!!!!
Saturday- woke up early and went on a hike in Drakensberg Giant Castle Camp... which are beautiful and so amazing to look at! It took us about 30 min to hike up to the caves that we were seeing. While we were waiting we boldered some rocks that were around. it reminded me of climbing alot. i miss it! then we hiked back down by the river and it was soooo MUCH FUN! megan and i just messed around and went into the river and took ridicious pictures of each other. it was great. We also ate lunch by the river side. soooo good! Came back and hung out on the lawn where people took a billion pictures on my photobooth. Played some soccer on the lawn with Woody's family and what not. and then just rested the night away. did some star gazing because it was one of few clear nights out. then went to bed!
Sunday- woke up feeling kinda sick, not going to lie. This whole past week i have woken up feeling HORRIBLE..but once i start moving i feel so much better. Went out on the lawn and played kickball with woody and his family! it was a good sunday!!!
OK i am caught up on the past few weeks... the next two are coming soon!!! hope this isnt too bad for all ya!!!
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I am so glad to hear you are doing well!!! :) Miss you lots.
:)
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