Here are the rest of the pictures that I wanted to upload yesterday. The internet is somehow much faster tonight. I went to church this morning at a wonderful local church in PMB. It was very charismatic and a lot of fun. Everyone sings as loud as they can- regardless of how they sound. At times it was actually a challenge to sing on key. We sang songs in Zulu and in English, and even sang songs I knew. We sang the song "Lord you are good and your mercy endureth forever." I enjoyed singing the line, "People from every nation and tongue, from generation to generation, we worship You." I have sung that song many times, but never thought people would be singing it in Africa as well! We also sang a Chris Tomlin song and some older songs that I knew. The people were dancing and clapping- it was great. Everyone was so friendly, too. After church we were all invited to a family's home for lunch and swimming in their pool. They go to a church that some of the APU students went to this morning, and our leader Kelli knew them from last semester. They are a missionary family from North Carolina. The food was great and it was refreshing to jump in a pool. They had a young son named Charlie and he kind of looked like a 4 year old version of the famous Charlie from youtube! I over heard one of the guys ask Charlie's older brother, "Did Charlie ever bite you when you were little?" hahaha. (For those of you who have somehow not seen the video, you can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM)
It is legal to ride in the back of pickup trucks here...
Grant and Phillip's 10 year-old son Msa (pronounced moose-ah). Phillip is our hired driver.
The infamous train station where Gandhi was kicked off the train
The "over look"
Chad, Msa, C.J., Amanda, Nicole, and Laura Jane. In Zulu all c's are pronounced as a click. C.J. is rather proud that his name can be prounounced "clickJ" haha.
A group of girls were dancing/clapping at the over look
Reagen (our leader), Phillip (driver) and Micah (who is sporting a freshly cut mohwak)
Phillip!
The girls! (plus C.J. and Msa)
The guys!
An odd (blurry, sorry) billboard at the mall
Katie, you are so funny! I loved your response to Mike...you are so good with words. I'm glad that you take the time to post all of these pictures. They are really amazing. I can totally picture you crawling around in the dark playing games and stepping in monkey poo. I'm really glad that you are having a good time. The monkeys sound hilarious, and kind of scary, too. I wouldn’t have thought that they would be so bold. Those birds were intimidating! I had a hard time looking at the pictures. Have you seen any of them in the wild?
ReplyDeleteThings aren't too eventful over here. Community is pretty slow when you take it over four months. Did you know that you are pinning in December instead of May? I don't remember if the clarification was made in an email or in person. Traci and I have been running on Tuesdays and Thursdays, almost regularly, and Jenny, Kelli, and Brittany Hillquist came once. It also sounds like Amanda is going to join in. I wish that you were here, too, but I’m glad that you are getting this once in a lifetime experience.
I look forward to reading your future posts. Love ya! ~Tamara
Katie, 1. I just wrote you a long comment and then I didn't know how to post it and then It got erased and then I was pissed. I will try to remember everything. 2. The abortion sign is my favorite. I laughed alot. 3. Are you best friends with Paige yet? 4. I think I see you all the time on campus and then I get closer and realize its not you and that youre in Africa and then I'm sad. One time, I thought I saw you running and I got excited. 5. We all miss you and love you and we all hope that youre having the time of your life. and 6. the pepper spray for monkeys made my roommate and I laugh for a very long time.
ReplyDeletelove you-Traci
Katie - I love to read your posts here, I really do. You are SO articulate. When reading your posts I almost feel as if I were there too. You really know how to put the whole atmosphere across. Both the funny and the shocking moments and experiences are described equally impressive! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWish you a great week and keep up the good blog-work!
Love, Catherine
P.S. Please send me your address so that I can send you a letter! ;)