9/24/12

9/24/12

Thursday:

One of the leader's brother-in-laws, Matthew Willman, a famous photographer, came in and gave us a story of his work and his different views of South Africa. It was incredible and really cool to see it through photography. He has taken many pictures of Nelson Mandela, and his first photo of Mandela was a picture of his hand. It was the only one he was allowed to take when he first met him, but obviously it made Mandela inter. Here is website. http://www.matthewwillman.co.za/

Friend I met last year came to visit the base. (Youth pastor at Westville Presby). Had a really nice time talking, and started missing my youth pastor :(....haha but yah it was really cool. Probably going to that church next Sunday night and I'm hoping to make that my home church while I'm here. The church body just makes me feel at home. (Also cause it's so similar to Calvary hehe :D )

Friday:

Friday Night we went to the youth group that I did the water balloon fight with (the church we're staying at). Monday is a national holiday so we didn't have a lot of students, but there was a maybe 20. Crazy thing was that they were all a lot of older guys who were in their 20's and it was a hang out. I was the leader for the night and I had to plan a game and give my testimony. The game I chose was the “trash can” game or for them “the rubbish bin” game. Everyone holds hands in a circle and tries to get the person next to them to touch the trash can in the middle of the circle. It can be quite dangerous, but it is super fun! The youth group was made up of mostly guys in their 20s so they seemed to enjoy that. Also I gave my testimony about being in middle school because I thought, “ Oh yah, a youth group! Mostly middle school girls and guys I'll talk about being a white 'washed tomb' in middle school.” Terrible idea because they were definitely NOT in that age group! But I was able to apply it to their age group so it worked really well. :)

Saturday:

Went to the farmers market early morning. Great time! Got some really good food and had fun looking around! Also got to meet Geoff's wife, Michelle, who distinctly reminds me of another Michelle, my 7^th grade teacher *cough cough... ;D She has 130 cats! Shhhh Geoff doesn't know how many because she just counted them the other day, but last time he checked it was only 100! I'm probably going to get into some kind of trouble if he reads this haha :D Later us girls learned how to catch a cab to the Pavilion, “the mall”. No worries I sat behind the driver and was ready to slit his throat if he decided to be a scary evil guy :D. Any way had lunch and just had a good time. Got the same cab on the way back. Very nice guy actually, but he over charged us terribly so we probably won't be calling him again :/

New guy came and he is a chef! SCORE!!!

Sunday:

Went to church today where Geoff, our baseleader, goes. Very charsmatic, but it was really cool to experience different things than I'm used to. Went to the Pavilion ….AGAIN :) not very good clothes I'm afraid even though their prices are really cheap compared to America... Oh well. Had a head ache most of the day, came home napped, woke up for church and went to the church here. Oh yah David, the new guy, totally just made us the most delicious burger I'v had yet! Tastes like meatloaf, has an egg on top with bacon, cheese, sauteed onions, tomatoe, and deliciousness! All places gently in a fresh warm roll! :) I'm stuffed, I'm fluffed, and I'm ready for bed ! Goodnight!

Note: first time today that I talked to my family on Skype!!! WHOO!