One Month in Port Elizabeth

It has been one month since I arrived in P.E.  The time has flown by with school, meeting new people, and sleeping.  I realized that I missed posting something last week due to me being sick last Saturday-- it was a 24hr flu-ish.  Things feel very normal now and with all the work that school demands I am kept very busy.  We have started working on a year-end/ Christmas presentation (the school year follows the calendar year) that we practice for every day.  These kids are so talented!!  The six children I am supervisor for are also improving well in their reading skills.  After one month, I now have some friends I met at a local church... and I bought a soccer ball, which has become my best friend!  I'm having fun and really loving what I am doing, please continue to pray for me!  Blessings.

First Week of School

This is the end of my first week working at Hi’s Place Mission School.  I am a supervisor in charge of helping six children who are doing grade 1-2 work.  There are roughly 30 kids in the school with four supervisors and three monitors spread out over four rooms.  The procedures of the school day are the same as S.C.A which are standard A.C.E. protocol.  Their lunch break, along with most or all of South Africa, is at 10:30.  Lunch is provided at the mission school for everyone.  This week Tuesday was rainy and cold... yes, cold in Africa.  P.E. is on the southern coat and almost always has some wind.  Tuesday night there was a tremendous thunder storm! The first clap woke me up and lasted for 10 seconds... it was so cool!  The thunder lasted until morning and the sky cleared in the afternoon.  Since then, the weather has been nice, it is spring time here, and the days are getting warmer.  I'm starting to settle into a routine, which is nice after a month of always changing surroundings.

At my new home.

Well, here I am sitting on my bed in my new home in Port Elisabeth.  This past week I was in Bloemfontein at the All Africa Student Convention (AASC).  I was part of the 24/7 team, which meant that whenever, for whatever, we were available.  I was paired with the logistics guy for the week, and we never stopped working!! it was exhaustive but a lot of fun.  The AASC is quite similar to ISC; the competitions are run the same though some of the events vary.  The caliber of speakers was the same-- in part to Dr. Greg Mutch being the main speaker.  The worship was like a youth rally, not like the conservative piano as is the norm for ISC.  The week was absolutely amazing!!  Classes at Hi's Place Mission (pronounced "his") no not start until next week-- they are in between the third and fourth term of the year with the 4th ending in December.  It will be a challenge working in the school not knowing Afrikaans.