Back at it for the long haul.

It's hard to believe that it is the start of the 4th week of school since the start of the new year!  I have no idea where the time has gone, I blink and another day is done.  School so far has gone extremely well.  I am the overseer(supervisor) of 8 children who are doing Gr.1 & 2 work.  It's interesting and rewarding to hear what a difference or school is from the government schools.  My newest student came from being in a government school last year and she needed to be taught the 'routine' of the ACE curriculum.  She said to the principal about me, "At my old school, I would have gotten yelled at for doing my work wrong and then still not know how to do it, but he was so nice to me and explained it to me so now I understand it and can do it right!"  THAT is my salary.  If nothing else I do here makes a difference, it was all worth while.
We started a weekly youth service at the church on Sunday evenings on Jan. 23.  I have the responsibility and privilege of being the worship leader.  I play my guitar and sing 'to them' for the most part until they become more familiar with the 10-ish songs I will rotate through for the first little while.  It is a huge success just having had our second service this past weekend.  It was even better than the first- which was awesome!  Three words that best describe it are as follows, and I quote, "Lights, Loud, Life!"
Well, those are the recent goings on here; life is so fast-paced!  It's scary how fast it flies by if you aren't paying attention.
Further bulletins as events warrant.

Break's over!

Well, this is the final few days before school starts up again on the 10th of January.  Christmas was a different experience for me, but it felt normal due to the fact of the closeness of the family I stay with so that although the surroundings were very different, the spirit of the day remained the same.  I went swimming on Christmas Day in 30* weather, a first for me.  Just as Christmas passed, I had another adventure. This past week, Dec. 28- Jan. 4, I traveled to Durban to visit friends.  I rented a car and drove for 14 hours to my destination.  My stay in Durban was very relaxing and fun.  The undoubted highlight of my stay was touring the World Cup Soccer Stadium- a tour which included every part of the stadium: press boxes, changing rooms, Presidential Suite (as in Team Presidents), field, stands, media lounge.  I even took the Skycar up the arch that is part of the stadium's design.  The rest of my trip was very nice, very relaxing before the rush of school starts again.