July 2007
7/28/07 “My host mother, Dineo, has a husband, but I don’t know where he is. She said he was not working today – he was fitting carpets for the house. I’m not sure what his job is exactly – he works in Jo’burg (about 3 hours from here) as a “florist” according to Dineo. I’m just not sure if that means he works with flowers, or if he works on floors.”
Dineo
7/28/07 “I already faced some basic church questions – what church do I belong to – how often do you attend church – what do you mean “not often” – when was the last time I was at church… I had to answer them very delicately, yet honestly. Then, Pako’s cousin, Oarabile asked me straight up, “Do you love Jesus?” My answer, I think was a rather unconvincing, “Umm… Who doesn’t?”
7/29/07 “I will be the first to admit – I have no idea what the hell is going on.”
7/29/07 “Tomorrow will be interesting… mainly because today was interesting.”
August 2007
8/11/07 “The prospect of ordering food is always enticing, even if it always ends up disappointing in the end. In your head you think “Oh only 40 Rand, that’s like, 6 bucks. Not so bad. R12? That’s 2 dollars! That’s awesome!. But the issue I’m forgetting about is that I’m not longer on an American income… Well, that makes me chuckle a bit – I never really had an income to begin with.”
8/12/07 “I still don’t feel like part of my host family, but I feel like I’m getting closer with every one bit by bit. I noticed it 3 days ago when I came home, thru the backyard, and my host sisters, Pako (9) and Thato (4) were back there. Thato came running up to me with a big smile and almost put her arms out for me to pick her up – but I think she had second thoughts because instead of extending her arms out, she just kinda flapped them up and down like a bird. I threw her up in the air anyway.”
Thato
8/19/07 “Hold on. I have to take my socks and shoes off. Wow. That’s a pretty pungent stench.”
“We did the walk to the Botswana border. We were originally told it would be about 8 km there, and the same back. I don’t know who started that rumor, because it was way false. In fact, it was about a 14 km walk there, and obviously, the same back. We started walking all together at 8:10 am. We arrived at the border at about 10:30. And that was a rather quick pace. There was a bar at the border, and just about every one of us ordered a drink. It was a funny sight to see all of us volunteers with beers in our hands at 10:45 in the morning, but we were all very happy with the scenario. The walk back however, was a huge bitch.”
-JoeySee
-JoeySee
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