Damson in Kaapstad.: It was epic...but it fizzled out in my brain.

Sarah and I took her little girls to the aquarium today which was lovely! We had 6 kids under the age of 5 so it was a bit hectic at times but they had fun and we had fun so a great day was had by all.

So much has changed since I first arrived, I can hardly remember a time when I felt like I didn't know what to do or feel totally at home here. I can remember when I first started working in my house and whenever the CCW left for her break and I was all alone with the kids I couldn't handle it, there was too much chaos. However the other day I was alone in the house with 7 kids and I had nothing to do! All their homework was finished and some of them were playing quietly in one room and the rest were colouring or reading in another-I had everything under control, even when more kids came home from school I just had to ask them to go upstairs and get changed, wash their socks then come back down to eat and they did it!

And as for Afrikaans learning, I had 2 goals at the beginning of my year:

Understand what the kids pray for every Monday when the Church Tannie comes: COMPLETE!
Memorise their prayer before food: COMPLETE!

Op my soeltjie sit ek nou, Met my handjies saam gevou, Liewe Jesus hoor my dank, Vir my voedsel en my drank. Amen.

And now for some pictures:

Most of the kids and all the volunteers got a pair of toms (as in the free pair that get donated to a needy child in a 3rd world country) and because they have to be suitable for use as school shoes they're plain black and look like the pumps we had to wear for P.E. So I made a few modifications.