I'm really sorry to those of you who try to check/read my blog regularly! As much as I want and have been meaning to blog, I have been so busy and last week was such a stressful week that I really didnt wan't to retell of relive it!
Here are some updates/highlights:
I will be landing in the U.S. three months from yesterday, which is as exciting as it is devastatingly sad and scary! I am so torn between missing home and everyone there and feeling the need to stay here forever. I'm not sure that I could, but I also don't know how in the world I am going to leave these children.
I can now say that someone has written a song about me...a rap song that is. It is appropriately titled "White Chick", with my name in one of the verses and lyrics that allegedly say "She do things that nobody do". I have yet to hear the song, however, I hope to sometime soon and I hope to make it available to all of you. How and why did this happen you ask? Well, I met and talked to a young man when I was visiting the township Lotus Park (which I think I blogged about previously) and apparently he fell in love with me and wrote a song about it. So there's that.
Tomorrow morning at 5am I leave the Kimberley House and Cape Town to head off on our spring break adventure! 16 of us are headed up the Garden Route and will be traveling in a van for the next 10 days to Coffee Bay, Durban, Kruger Park and Johannesburg, which is where we will fly back from on March 25th! I am super excited/nervous for the trip, staying in hostels and such and pretty much living in a van for 10 days, but I can't wait to explore parts of the country that I have never seen and I am beyond excited for my second safari experience! I will be sure to post pictures and update my blog as soon as I return. I haven't had much exciting stuff going on lately, South African living, however awesome, has become my lifestyle now, and therefore way less fun to blog about. But after this trip I can only expect I will have much to say and share!
Hi Molly: I am looking forward to hearing the rap song. . . he is right "you do things nobody do" -- you are changing lives, no matter how much time you have, you are making a difference. I hope you can relax and enjoy your Spring Break Adventure> I love you!
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so glad to read your post . it sounds like a lifetime of wow. i remember my travel to europe when i was 30 . i should have done it sooner and stayed longer. so take your time. and yes , i know easier said than done . i wish i had been less of a planner and more of a "just do ti " i am learning from my children and neice! thank you very much .
ReplyDeletewe can plan for a day of stitching and talking and hearing your experience . uncle neil was talking about camden last night and my friend karen is wanting to do camden work and i would like to be more involved in urban promise in camden so we should pray for guidance.gtg love you
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just wanted you to know that i am thinking of you. i know this is a big trip , i hope you are enjoying ite
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going to teach a class at accc . interesting to be on that side of the classroom. enjoying it .
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