So last week was a really good week. I accompanied one of the Grade 2 classes to Butterflies for Africa. It was great fun! One thing I notice while travelling in the Kombie's with classes, is that they love to sing. I was grouped with the girls, and we went into the Butterfly House first. The butterflies weren't too active, since it was rainy, cool and over casted out. But there were some fluttering around. Inside there were tropical plants and flowers, some birds, butterflies of course, iguana, a tropical bird, monkeys and huge gold fish. The children were a little nervous with some of the butterflies, but loved feeding the fish. There was a really nice cafe where myself and the school Kombie driver Uncle Phillip, there we were treated to some food, and the cafe looked down onto the gift store. I saw lots of pretty gifts but didn't have really enough money to buy myself anything anyways. When I got home that afternoon, Rebekka, had a really nice surprise for me. Rebekka, and a couple of the other girls in the house like to make their own jewelery. But Rebekka, had bought me a pair of beautiful pink butterfly earrings. How perfect a day, and a day I'll won't forget!
Some of the things I have found to do with the girls in the house is watching movies on my computer. Felicia, my fellow SALTer allowed me some of her movies to play on my computer, and I have been sharing them with them. So far, Nandi, Rebekka, and I have watched 3 movies together.
Saturday the 24th, I tagged along with Lucille and others from NCF church on an outreach in a small town of Richmond, which is about 30 mins away. We went to the poorer edge of town, going house to house telling the people that there is a near by church, and encouraged them to attend. Here, in this poor community, I again have witnessed how family survive with so little, but with such closeness of friends and family they survive. They do have some electricity, where we heard music blaring from a home, and a TV playing in another. But the home that had the TV, I saw no eclectic fridge or stove, but a cooking surface over bricks and a piece of sheet metal. The homes were separated by wire fences and hanging on the fences were here clothes drying, and in some yards you would find a wash basin and dishes. The home where the TV was playing, there was 3 small boys sitting in one big tub taking a bath with one licking a cold treat. Most of their prayer requests were for employment.
Later that night, Lucille, Chole, and Thuli went to a concert in Durban, and Rebekka and Nandi came home from a day hiking around the Berg. Nandi and I made supper while Rebekka decided we were going to sit outside in the thunder and lighting to enjoy our supper. She really wanted to light candles but couldn't find any. And besides why do we need candles when we have lighting. To be honest, I really do not feel 100% comfortable being outside in thunder and lighting so this was a little out of my comfort zone, but Rebekka wanted to do this. We did manage to eat outside before it rained, and the thunder and light got closer. After dishes were cleaned up, Rebekka, Nandi, and I watched Elizabeth Town. It was a great way to end a great day.
Well, I better finish up here. Project Gateway is having an Aniversary Dinner in 4o mins. Our dinner menu consists of salmon entree, bunny chow (minced beef on a bun), and dessert I think strawberries and cream. Yum to everything but the salmon part, oh well! The hall is decked out pretty nice so cheers!
Signing off....
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