Changes

Philile, Alex, Jonas, Mzo and me

With December 1st here, it has brought on a bunch of changes.

First, in the morning one of the volunteers, Alex, left.  I had known it was going to happen for a while.  But it still sucks.  I don’t like saying good bye as you may know, and we had become good friends. 

Secondly, I found out that I am moving to a new bedroom.  I have been staying in Nigel and Trish’s house, but they have asked that I move to the cottage with the other female teachers, so that their son who is coming can have his room.  Which I think will be good, I am looking forward to getting to know them better.  I started packing up my things yesterday and am moving in there tomorrow.

Jonas, me and Alex after the wedding on Saturday

Thirdly, I had a visit from James and Nikki today at school.  I got some Christmas baking (Thank you Joan!!), a straightener (again thank you Joan!), and a Blackberry to use for internet and also for WhatApp.  Everyone here texts through this, because it is cheaper.  And on the plus side I get to text with friends and family back home for free!  Yeah!  If you want to text me let me know! :D

Finally, the other change would just be that it is the end of the school year so things are coming to a wrap.  There are 3 more days of school, and then Friday is registration for new kids in the morning and then the rest of the day the teachers are going to Durban to have a day at the beach.  That should be fun!  Also while the break is on I am going to be staying at an orphanage called Lily of the Valley.  This is a place where some of the high school students come from.  Because the school will be closed I will spend my days working there at the school, hanging out with the kids and Nikki!  (Nikki has just been moved placements and will be at Lily from now on! I am really pumped about this because then we are really close to each other!)

The Bride and Groom! :)

On a different note, this past weekend there was a wedding on the farm here!  It was so much fun to be apart of the day!  Alex and I were asked to take photos of the wedding so I was also kept pretty busy!  It was fun to have a reason to dress up again!  I will add some photos of the wedding!

Until next time, cherish the moments you are in, the people and the circumstances.