I have found that this SALT placement has a lot more paperwork than I anticipated, but I know it's all worth it in the end. It least I hope so. lol I know it going to be hard, but I pray that my family and friends stick with me and encourage me when I'm feeling lonely, send me some funny stories about back home to make me laugh. I have read other SALTer's blogs from the past and this currents year and they do said it's the hardest time during their life. I pray that this experience for me will be life changing and teach me more about me, that after completing my year I'll know more what I want to do with my life. I'm not going to be Tim Horton's Lifer!
This past week I learned that there are six other Ontario SALTer's going to other countries, and I also learned through a different letter that I'm traveling to South Africa with two other Canadians, one from BC and the other from Man.
Well this is all I feel like sharing for now, I hope you will continue to view my blog, especially when I'm there. Better stories I hope to share then.
Kendra
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Accepting and Preparing my up coming SALT placement.
Welcome everybody to Kendra's African Adventure blog. I am excited to share with all of you this new adventure. Those of you who don't know, I've been trying to do something like this for a couple years, and now it's happening. I am very excited!!!! So I am going to share with you my African adventure. I invite you to read and follow along.
About a month ago I accepted a MCC SALT (Serving and Learning Together) placement in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. I'll be leaving in August for Akron, PA for a one week orientation and then off to South Africa for 11 months. What I have understood from MCC SALT co-ordinators and MCC representatives is that I will be living and working over in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Working in the MCC office and in an charity church based organization called Project Gateway. For more information, please check out my list of web links on the side.
There are many things that I am currently doing to prepare myself to live in South Africa. I'm in process of renewing my passport, setting up doctor appointments to make sure I'm healthy to go, learning what immunization shots are required, researching South Africa, and reading and watching films of the country to better familiarize myself with the country and culture. There is alot of culture there.
Well I think this is lots to write about for now.
About a month ago I accepted a MCC SALT (Serving and Learning Together) placement in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. I'll be leaving in August for Akron, PA for a one week orientation and then off to South Africa for 11 months. What I have understood from MCC SALT co-ordinators and MCC representatives is that I will be living and working over in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Working in the MCC office and in an charity church based organization called Project Gateway. For more information, please check out my list of web links on the side.
There are many things that I am currently doing to prepare myself to live in South Africa. I'm in process of renewing my passport, setting up doctor appointments to make sure I'm healthy to go, learning what immunization shots are required, researching South Africa, and reading and watching films of the country to better familiarize myself with the country and culture. There is alot of culture there.
Well I think this is lots to write about for now.
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