African Paradis

And it has been nearly a week since I arrived in South Africa. And it has been quite the week, Saturday not much happened as John Cottier and myself arrived at about 6pm at our new African home. So we just ate some pizza and unpacked. Our Flat The Rest of the Compound The View from our Porch (photo John Cottier) Sunday we woke up and went directly to church then spent most of the rest of the day relaxing and getting some school work done. Monday we decided to play some soccer with some South Africans and I was soundly whipped! I did however manage to get a terrific sunburn. My skin was used to sitting at home with the frequent blizzards and 500 ft elevation, not the tail end of summer with an elevation of 5750ft! We spent the rest of the day getting ahead on school work because on Tuesday we left for camp. My Feet After Playing on the Muddy Grass Me Lifeguarding at the Pool (photo John Cottier) Camp was quite interesting. The 50 kids were all from the same C...

These past few days..no weeks have been pure insanity as final and not so final preparations have been completed. March 18, Friday, ....2 days, 48 hours, I will be on a plane on my way to South Africa. These past few weeks I have been finishing up paper work, slowly packing, and mostly saying good bye to close friends and family that I will not see for 2 years. I will fly from Albany Airport to, D.C. and by 6 pm on friday I will be on a non stop flight well on my way towards South Africa! As you may have read before camp is starting on the 22nd although I am not 100% sure about everything that I will be doing for camp I do know it will involve program, counseling, doing skits and possibly lifeguarding. I am very excited to be getting started in Africa. Although I am heading over I am still not quite at full support. I am currently at about 40% of my support with close to $500 coming in each month. This leaves about $600 more that I will need each month in order to stay the full 2 y...

Why HELLO everyone! Here is the long anticipated MARCH NEWSLETTER! If you are having difficulty reading the teeny tiny print then click on it to enlarge. As you will read I will be leaving America for 2 years on March 18th not to return for 2 years Lord willing. Please give me some feedback in the comments or message me in any way possible! (contact info in the bottom of the letter)