Hey,
So before I begin I will warn you that this is most likely going to be my second to last post. It has been wonderful sharing my adventures with you, and I thank you for reading them from time to time and leaving the occasional comment.
Now last friday began a three day birthday celebration for my 18th. Aerin took me to the only resturaunt in town that serves sushi. While the main course wasn't all that great the sushi was fantastic and it was even prepared by a real japanese guy. It was a nice quite evening and a great way to start things off. The next day I helped Aerin to bake the peanut butter pie which is the customary dessert for my birthday. I didn't really expect anything else to happen that day until we went out to our favorite resturaunt but the house surprised me with balloons and lights and a present that they had put together for me. Then we headed over to Quincy's and because the drinking age is 18 here, I had a birthday beer and our favorite bartender prepared me his favorite cocktail, a Blue Lagoon. We then went out to a late movie. The next day we went down to Durban to see a KZN Sharks Match, (one of the best Rugby teams in the world.) It was a great game despite the fact that they lost 13-10. Needless to say Rugby is a very exciting sport.
Sunday we kicked around the beach in Durban for a while before heading home.
Since the weekend I have helped Aerin at work one day, played about 6 games of risk, watched some movies, gone to the mall, been to quiz night at Quincy's and that is about it. There was also booking my plane home, drawing and making a trip to the spar.
So that is all for now. Be sure to read my last post because its going to be special and I think interesting for you as well. Bye for now.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Hey guys
Sorry I haven't been able to post, but I've been really busy.
I have had three camps since last time I posted. The first two camps were kind of fristrating for me because I was in a much more observant role than I like to have. The camps were primarily Zulu so there wasn't really a whole lot of leading that I could actually do. In fact, participating in general was hard. Nevertheless, the campers seemed to get a lot out of those camps and that is what really matters. The last camp I did just this past weekend was really good but quite a bit different than normal. The group was a church youth group coming from Jo'Burg and it was their first time to L'Abri. Being a youth group was different in itself but what was most unusal about this camp was that they were there for bonding as opposed to the team building or personal development. The camp also facilitated most of their own activities as well. As staff, our jobs were more centered around adventure walks and hospitality. Working in the kitchen is not really one of our normal duties but there we were cooking and washing dishes. Richie and I were also charged with making all the fires and those included cook fires as well as fires to heat the water. In four days we built around 30 fires. By the end, I was tempted to chop more than just wood with an axe; not really though. It was a great group though and they were full of energy. We were invited to participate in nearly all the activities and I took full advantage of this because that is why I am there. There were 7 American missionaries with the group as well and it was kind of nice talking to fellow countrymen though also kind of strange. We taught a bunch of the campers to play American football and that was a lot of fun. I was actually quite surprised how much the nonAmericans enjoyed it. So that was a really good camp. L'Abri is winding down now though and I only have one more camp at the moment. I'll be doing some work in town to keep myself busy.
Last week we got to house sit for the former boss of L'Abri. He had quite a sweet house up in the hills overlooking the entire city and in this house was a playstation, a pool, a pool table, a good kitchen and a big grill so we had a lot of fun there for a couple days. It was a bit sad to return home in fact.
Thursday we had a big soccer match of L'Abri staff vs Khayalethu staff which I have been putting together for weeks now. I played goal keeper which turns out to be a much better position for me. After 90 minutes we won the game 5-2 which was a rather embarrassing defeat for my former team. Of course they would like a rematch so we are planning one for the beginning of may. It will most likely be on the third. We got some really good pictures there and someone also managed to get a video of me making a save. All and all it was a really fun day and I am most looking forward to the next one.
Now I know its short but I do have something of a ruitine now and it would be redundent for you to read the same things every time. If not, its redundent for me to write them so I'm not going to any way.
Goodbye for now
Sorry I haven't been able to post, but I've been really busy.
I have had three camps since last time I posted. The first two camps were kind of fristrating for me because I was in a much more observant role than I like to have. The camps were primarily Zulu so there wasn't really a whole lot of leading that I could actually do. In fact, participating in general was hard. Nevertheless, the campers seemed to get a lot out of those camps and that is what really matters. The last camp I did just this past weekend was really good but quite a bit different than normal. The group was a church youth group coming from Jo'Burg and it was their first time to L'Abri. Being a youth group was different in itself but what was most unusal about this camp was that they were there for bonding as opposed to the team building or personal development. The camp also facilitated most of their own activities as well. As staff, our jobs were more centered around adventure walks and hospitality. Working in the kitchen is not really one of our normal duties but there we were cooking and washing dishes. Richie and I were also charged with making all the fires and those included cook fires as well as fires to heat the water. In four days we built around 30 fires. By the end, I was tempted to chop more than just wood with an axe; not really though. It was a great group though and they were full of energy. We were invited to participate in nearly all the activities and I took full advantage of this because that is why I am there. There were 7 American missionaries with the group as well and it was kind of nice talking to fellow countrymen though also kind of strange. We taught a bunch of the campers to play American football and that was a lot of fun. I was actually quite surprised how much the nonAmericans enjoyed it. So that was a really good camp. L'Abri is winding down now though and I only have one more camp at the moment. I'll be doing some work in town to keep myself busy.
Last week we got to house sit for the former boss of L'Abri. He had quite a sweet house up in the hills overlooking the entire city and in this house was a playstation, a pool, a pool table, a good kitchen and a big grill so we had a lot of fun there for a couple days. It was a bit sad to return home in fact.
Thursday we had a big soccer match of L'Abri staff vs Khayalethu staff which I have been putting together for weeks now. I played goal keeper which turns out to be a much better position for me. After 90 minutes we won the game 5-2 which was a rather embarrassing defeat for my former team. Of course they would like a rematch so we are planning one for the beginning of may. It will most likely be on the third. We got some really good pictures there and someone also managed to get a video of me making a save. All and all it was a really fun day and I am most looking forward to the next one.
Now I know its short but I do have something of a ruitine now and it would be redundent for you to read the same things every time. If not, its redundent for me to write them so I'm not going to any way.
Goodbye for now
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