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sunrise

One of the most difficult things to do here is work out what to write about.  There are countless exciting events, thoughts and emotions going on whilst I sit on this particular life rollercoaster and there is only a few minutes each day to document them for you to read.
So today I’m going to tell [...]

What a week

So last time I wrote I had this week ahead of me - our cultural evening, our first outreach and a new speaker. It’s been an amazing week so far, let me tell you about a few of the highlights. Since it’s such a long post I’ve put some sub headings in for you.
Welcome
On Sunday [...]

quiet time

Just a quick post to say I’m busy doing stuff at the moment and haven’t managed to find the time to write to you all.  Once our fantastic cultural evening has been pulled off I’ll write about my amazing weekend and everything.
Till then.

Weekend number II

Time is flying. On Thursday and Friday we had the last two sessions with Ken. On Thursday we were meant to be going to one of the schools in a local township. An administrative error meant that we got there and they didn’t have anything for us to do. It was [...]

culture

A pleasant culture shift this evening.  Every Wednesday night one of the nations on the course (read country) takes over and does the food and activities of the night.
Tonight we started with South Africa.  We had a Braai again - this time the chicken was cooked to perfection!  We also got introduced to pap - a [...]