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Spent the week in Bulembu and its been a lot of fun.
I have been going to the Valley of Hope Community Center from 10:00 to 12:30 in the morning. Then working on the obstacle course in the afternoons.
Valley of hope is pretty much a daycare for kids from 2 to 6 years old.
I have been helping out with the 5-6 year old class. Just playing with the kids and helping keep the group of 15-20 kids in line. Not an easy task, one of the kids is crying every 5 min. But it’s been a lot of fun just getting to be around the kids.
The entire week has been really cold and rainy so today I spent most of the time cutting wood. That’s right good ole’ mountain man Scott was splitting wood with an axe. I'm sure it was quite a sight, but if this keeps up ill be a pro at it by the time I come home. Everyday they feed the kids different stuff and I normally leave at that time but today they had pork and this thing they call pops, not really sure what it is. Looked like mashed potatoes. I think it’s a root or something. Reminded me what we had in Ecuador, Manioc? I don’t know but for some reason they wanted me to try it and I heard pops takes like mashed potatoes so I was like what the heck I pork too so lets go for it.
BAD IDEA.. nasty, they gave me a bowl and I forced it down my throat. So gross. In Swaziland they have a utensil to eat with called the Swazi Spoon, which is your hand and they eat this stuff with there hands. To start that was gross enough for me. I've been playing with snoty kids all day that last thing I wanted to use was my hand but they weren’t about to give me a spoon. I cant describe the taste but it was just bad.
The kids love it and watching them eat is free entertainment. With no utensils the kids shovel the “mashed potatoes” with the hand and cram it into their mouths, hand and all. Quite a site to see 2 year old kids do this, I'm going to try and take my camera down there one day just got to find the right day.
In other news,
Rob Hoskins, from Book of Hope, is going to be in South Africa October 6. So I am flying to Johannesburg then and meeting up with him. Book of hope has a headquarters there. He also said there is a game reserve close by and at this one you can hunt. So I'm getting to go and hunt in Africa. Which should be freaking sweet. Can’t wait. Didn’t expect that or see it on the “brochure” for coming out here so that’s a great surprise.
Everything else has been going very smoothly.
Food wise hasn’t been too bad. This past week I've had two tuna sandwiches for lunch everyday. Dinner I had tomato soup and grilled cheese twice and the other two nights we ate at another person’s house.
Tuesday night we have started a cell group with some of the younger people around town, to just share and eat together.
Wednesday Jonathan and I went to another intern’s house and they cooked us some nachos and we watched a movie. No one has a TV so we had to watch it around a laptop.
So that was a good break.
So all is well, been enjoying myself. A lot better week than last week just excited to shoot some crazy stuff in Africa now.
I’ll try and take a lot of pictures.
I will write after the whole hunting expeditions and let you know all about it.