This is life!!

This week started with yet again, Tia and I having no clue what to expect. We went down the stairs to the administration floor only to head right back up to the dining area. We were told we were having a spring brunch and needed to help prepare. We decorated with a less is not more mentality and had bouquets of real and fake flowers, tissue roses, and cocktail umbrellas! It worked as a double celebration for the directors birthday and all the staff joined in a festive feast! We were introduced to a second type of koeksister (more donuty with coconut flakes) and a typical South African sausage called boerewors. Only the best for the beginning of spring.

(Our Spring brunch)

Oh but later that morning one of the workers must have been on a major sugar high and started doing something along the lines of the running man/ Irish jig/ high kick!

(koeksisters)

We also helped prepare a handout sheet for an ADP (adolescent Development program) camp we will be doing this weekend!! It is at a nature reserve in the middle of the city with forty 11-15 year olds!! I’ll fill you in on it later!! Wish us luck.

That night we were feeling a minor case of cabin fever so Carrie came and took us to city center. At 6pm we found WIFI (all coffee shops close at 5) in a random bar with a bunch of old white men. One of the men bought us a “welcome to Cape Town” drink (you needed to be a customer to receive WIFI) and we plopped down on the snazzy couches with our backpacks. I can still see us now, hahaha. The night then ended with Carrie taking us to get sushi (I think I’ve gotten it every time I’ve been out) at what she says is the best sushi restaurant ever! I cannot say I am a connoisseur of sushi but once I had it I couldn’t argue with her claim!

Tuesday, we went on a day visit to Atlantis to find the Oppa of some of the children at Leliebloem. After getting lost we found Oppa at his farm but had to trot down the country road to meet him at his neighbors. However, in the process our car stalled about 100 times while we dodged up the sandy driveway. We then waited 10 minutes outside a farm of who knows, before we realized Oppa must have meant the other neighboring farm. Although, not all was in vain since we did use the farms out house! In the end we found the other farm and Oppa showed us where the girls would be living. It was nothing fancy but they had a roof, a place to stay, and a grandpa who wanted to give them the world!!

Oh and that night Carrie and Errol’s friend Ben, got Tia and I set up with a dongle (South African’s internet stick). God bless him because Cell C customer service was wretched and didn’t set the dongle with MB. He persisted and eventually, a day later got it figured out! Which means, we now have internet access in small doses at our apartment, PTL!

All my love from the Cape!!!

Grace and Peace

-Kay