Orientation Camp/Camping

Ok to add onto my Short Update, Orientation Camp was great and I really enjoyed getting to know other students from Cornerstone. We were staying about an hour from Cape Town at this small Christian camp located in a vineyard. It was really nice to get away and on Tuesday morning I got up very early and ran through the vineyards, if you know me well you know I don’t do that sort of thing, but it was exactly what I needed. I hadn’t had much physical exercise other than walking and Table Mountain so I just needed to get out and move. It was nice to be out of the city, hearing the birds and halfway through I took a moment and sat and prayed. It was neat because I was on top of this hill overlooking the city of Cape Town in the distance. It was absolutely gorgeous and just an awesome time of reflection over the last month. I can’t believe that I have been here that long! I feel so immensely blessed and lucky to have this experience and I know that it has changed me in many ways.

African Camping!

Oh man this was an experience; luckily I was at a campground that did not have any of the scary wild animals so I did not have to worry about that. But it was absolutely gorgeous. It was right next to this river/creek that we hiked up on Saturday. Me being me did it barefoot because it was easier to rock jump through the creek and then I didn’t get my shoes wet but my feet are not too happy with me now. It was really a neat experience though, because as we went up we stopped at little pools and waterfalls. It was a blast too because we jumped off cliffs all around the pools. I am soo glad that I had the experience and now I can stay that I have camped in Africa :)

I start regular school on Monday Feb 6 and even though I am looking forward to it I feel like I am on vacation so it has been hard to get into school mode. I have had to write a couple papers for my History of South Africa class and they have been hard to write. I feel like I am in Africa, why do I need to write a paper but then I remember that I did come here for school. So right now it is focusing on school that is my biggest challenge.

I have grown to love this country, every once in awhile I have to remind myself that I am in Africa but I already feel at home here. I have become good friends with my host sister and she makes me laugh on a daily basis. My host mom is way to good to my roommate Monique and I and cooks us dinner every night. She is just too sweet. My host dad is overprotective and always looking out for us, which is nice to have. I really can’t complain.

PICTURES!

I have decided since facebook access is unreliable I am going to start posting photos so at first they will be old but then they should catch up and be current. That is my project for the next few days so we will see how far I get since the internet here is slow.