Shine Komotso Shine! Mmmm Good Job!

Shine Komotso Shine! Mmmm Good Job!
23 September 2009
Last weekend here in GaMaja we celebrated the wedding of my friend Tiny! Tiny and Moses were married at Tiny’s family home last Saturday in a wonderful ceremony that was oh so very South African!
To begin, it is custom here for the groom to pay Lebola, or bride [...]

Things I’ve Learned Update

Month Eleven: 13 May- 12 June 2009
-         My new mantra: Humility, Sincerity, Grace
-         People everywhere are resistant to change, pretty much no matter what. So its interesting that I picked a job with the sole purpose of creating, implementing, forcing, starting change.
-         How to make really good pita bread.
 
Month Twelve: 13 June- 12 July 2009
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Long Time!

Aug 13, 2009
Long Time No See!
Hello all you out there. It’s been a while since I have written. Let’s see, I had a wonderful trip home to the States in June. It was so fun to get to be at Tanner and Sarah’s wedding, throw Allyson a bachlorette party and win some money at mini [...]

Tala Like The Sky

Tala like the Sky
June 15, 2009
Well its 5:43am and as anyone who knows me might guess, I have been packed and ready to go for the last 20 hours and am up way before I need to be. So I thought I would tell you about my new dress!
Many of the older women in my [...]

Happy Memorial Day

25 May 2009
Happy Memorial Day!
Just a quick update about life this side. I am having a (mostly) wonderful time being busy at school this quarter. I am still teaching a few literacy classes a week to grades 5-7. Grades 6 and 7 are awesome. We read lots of books, write stories and have a great [...]

Did You Eat Your Holiday Well?

23 April 2009
Did you eat your holiday well?
Success! Thank you again to everyone who donated money to the KLM Scholarship Foundation! We were the 3rd highest fundraisers and are helping some awesome, deserving kids go to a great school and hopefully on to university. The marathon was also a great success. A whole bunch of [...]

Wanted

24 March 2009
WANTED
WANTED: Smart, handsome, charming boyfriend for Leah. Existence is optional.
Applications are currently being collected for the post of my new fictitious boyfriend. For the past 8.5 months I have been trying to be an example of a strong, independent, happy, single women but now I am sick of being called “Mommy” by [...]

Library Books

26 February 2009
Library Books
Over the past couple of months I have been slowly but surely gathering, dusting, organizing and reorganizing all of the library books at my higher primary school. They have moved rooms several times, gone through countless sorting and many have been lost to the “out dated” pile but some in the [...]

KLM Foundation Marathon

Big News! At the end of March I am planning to do (walk) a half marathon in benefit for an organization started by SA Peace Corps Volunteers a few years ago. The organization is called the KLM Foundation and the marathon raises money to sponsor several kids to attend a private secondary school in preperation [...]

Things I’ve Learned Update

Month Five: 13 Nov.- 12 Dec. 2008
- It’s usually best just to own up to stuff. Even when it’s embarrassing.
- To wear lipstick
- To “invigilate” exams
- Lots of PC acronyms (PCV, GTOT, PCT, PST, LPE, HCN)
- That the volunteers in other SA groups (i.e. 16,17) are AWESOME!
- How to get to Pretoria and to 1322 without being totally lost
- How to plan [...]