3.30-09

What a weekend! I’ll tell you, if you’re ever passing through South Africa and you get a chance to go to Imfolozi, fricken do it! Imfolozi is a 200,000 acre game reserve, quite possibly the coolest place I’ve ever been, mostly because it’s home to so many amazing animals I can’t even wrap my mind around it. Speaking of which, I still look back on pictures of this last weekend and can’t believe I encountered what I did. Let’s see, I saw elephants, lions, warthogs, impala (and different forms of antelope), rhinos (including black rhinos, one of Africa’s rarest animals), giraffes, water buffalos, wildebeest, hyena, zebra, crocodile, hippos, vultures, different birds of prey, baboons, other monkeys, and more I probably forgot. We were blessed to see what we did, it’s not something everyone gets to do. You roll the dice on these safari rides and hope you get to see what you do. So, for instance, one of the four cars we had had a leopard run in front of their car while the other three didn’t. It’s all up in the air.
It was so cool how things worked. Our camp was about an hour into the game reserve…literally in the middle of nowhere. It was wide open, meaning any game that comes by is welcome to walk through, including elephants which I’ll get to later. We stayed in tents, we showered with limited water, we cooked on a fire, it was so freakin’ cool. Wake up was at 5, in the cars at 5:30, through the reserve for about 3 hours, back for breakfast, out again till probably 2ish, lunch, back into the cars till about 6, and in for the night. We rode so much, but there was not a dull minute.
So, I’ll tell you the 2 coolest stories of the weekend, both concerning elephants, my new 2nd favorite, nearly tied for 1st, animal. Giraffe is still 1st if you were wondering. OK, first story. There’s this look out point on the reserve and it looks over a body of water, so seeing as how it was hotter than the depths of Hell itself, many animals are drawn to the water. Saturday afternoon we go to the spot and find a herd of somewhere around 100 elephant crossing, and they’re not just crossing, they’re also clearing out the six or so lions that are camped on the other side. It was awesome. In the next half hour, some 200 elephants crossed the water. People who had been doing safari’s for decades were saying they’d never seen herds of elephants this big…it was amazing!
Alright, the coolest story, no question. Here we go. You ready? I don’t think you’re ready. If I keep building this up you’ll probably be disappointed, here I go. Hey do me a favor and open up iTunes and start playing chariots of fire, or bittersweet symphony, or the instrumental of Coldplay’s Fix You or something. Ok, so Saturday night a group of 7 of us decided to stay up and “watch the stars.” To me that means hang out so I was game. Keep in mind, that most of the dangerous animals in the reserve are nocturnal. So about a half hour in I start hearing branches break in trees that looked about 50 yards away but the next morning we learned they were actually about 25 yards. So in time we learn that a. I’m not insane and there are actually branches breaking, and b. they are from a huge elephant who’s destroying this tree while he’s eating away. So, we watch our new found friend, and me and Dave take several trips to get a closer look. Again, at the time we thought we were some 30 yards away and had a huge tree between us and the elephant, when in reality we were no more than 20 yards and had the weeniest tree on earth between us. Eventually the elephant goes away, we all continue our talk, and head back to the tents around 11:30. On our way back I remembered that we’re supposed to scan the area with our flashlights so make sure we don’t get eaten or something like that. So I scan and what would you know but our new friend is now right in front of us in the middle of our tents. We slowly backed up and startled him enough that he ran almost our of the camp, but stopped right next to the guys tent to munch some more. In time, the seven of us are on our porch, 10 yards from this huge animal, staring at it’s feet and trunk cause that’s about all we can see. However, within 3 minutes, we did something to make it mad and it came around front rather upset with us. Dave, being the man he is, ordered the girls to get in our tent for protection, which none did of course, and we presumed to stare down this riled elephant as his trunk sniffed us from 10 feet away. Eventually he left, but while he stared, it made for one of the coolest, realest experiences of my life. I still can’t believe it actually happened.
Anyways, my weekend was amazing. I’m super tired still, so I gotta hit the sack. Here’s some pics. I’ll blog again in the next few days and get you some pics from my service site, Walk In the Light. Later!

3.25.09

It’d only be fair for me to do another blog today, and throw in a couple pictures to make up for my lack of posting recently. I’ve got some cool stuff to tell you about last night too so it’ll work out.
Last night we had a special chapel. Laura Jane had the idea that we need to have a time to love each other. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but being at the work sites like we are, it’s very easy to get into the routine of loving the people we work with, but not our actually team that we are living with. So we had this set up where people could wash each other’s feet, take communion together, pray together, and worship. It was really open-ended, we simply prayed that God would do work. I was blessed to lead worship, and I say blessed because I was able to witness the awesome work God was doing. First, let me say that I’m pretty sick, I still have bronchitis or something, and I think we figured out that I sang something like 25 songs, only by the grace of God…it was so cool. That’s beside the point though. To be able to see God work relationally among the room full of people so tired and worn out after 2 months together was beautiful. God did amazing things. Then, after about 2 hours, we were suddenly hit with a HUGE thunder and lightning storm. Things began to come to an end and all of a sudden 15 or so of us were absolutely drenched, running in the rain, having a blast! It was a sweet night.
Today was amazing too! Got to work more on the kitchen. We had the best day of work yet, and made major progress. I’ll get a picture up of the work we’re doing as soon as I get the chance. From lunch on, we got to play with the little kids…it was awesome! There’s nothing I’ve come to enjoy more than just playing with the little ones, but it doesn’t happen much. Today just coincidentally worked out the way it did, and I loved it!
Alright, I’ve gotta run, my D group is about to get going. Oh and heads up, I’m going on a safari this weekend, so I probably won’t post again till Sunday at the soonest. Later!


We got to go to the school for a little bit this last Monday...it was awesome! Quick stat: 1,148 students, 32 teachers.

One of the many house visits we've been on. Cool story, this lady immediately asked us to pray for her when we arrived. She is an alcoholic and can't stop drinking. It was so cool so see her unashamedly come to us asking for prayer, knowing that God could do work through our prayers. Then when we were done Neils, the big burly guy in the front, told her he expected to see her at church on Sunday as opposed to one of the ancestral worship churches. She responded by mentioning that it's been hard for her to go to church since she lost her husband. Neils' response, "Let the dead bury the dead. Put your husband behind you and get to church." Oh so bold. Neils is my hero, and the most intimidating man on earth.

The cave paintings that changed my life.

We decided one night to see if we could make a pyramid with everyone. This is a far as we got.

Me and the soccer boys at Walk In the Light. I'm not even sure if they like me....I think they just use me so they can play soccer haha!

3.24.09

Forgive me for now posting in a while. I’m committed to staying up a little later tonight so that I don’t fall another day behind. Things have been busy, meaning this should be quite the blog post, but it probably won’t be all that long because a. I’m super tired and have to be up at 7:30, and b. most of my “business” has consisted of watching movies and other things that would be about as interesting to you as the lint in my belly button…you think I’m joking, I literally have lint in my belly button right now.
Anyway, I wrote you on Thursday….Friday was nothing special, just classes and a night on the town with the boys. It was definitely a blast, but nothing too spectacular! Saturday we got to check out the ancient cave paintings from some time ago. I say “some time” because I don’t remember if they were 1,000 or 5,000 years old. Maybe they were both, I’m leaning towards 5,000 though. Either way they’re fricken old. Got to be honest with you though, they weren’t that cool. What you would see if you google searched cave paintings is exactly what I saw, only in person. The hike to the cave (which was more of a wall of a cliff rather than a cave) was amazing though, totally worth the trip. Saturday, done.
Sunday was again, nothing special. A lot of time to myself, a lot of relaxation. It was a beautiful day so outside was soaked up, a little watering hole, a little this, a little that, you know the drill. Sunday, over.
Now, we’re into a new week of Walk in the Light. Much to my enjoyment, these last two days have been absolutely spectacular! Monday I got to do home visits for the first half of the day. We began by taking food packages to 4 families which was a very neat experience. One thing that caught my attention was one home we went to where a mother lived with her two daughters, and their individual children. The catch? The daughters who have daughters of their own are 18 and either 16 or 17. I guess it just hadn’t hit me yet, but it breaks my heart that being a single mother in this Township is not only accepted, but the norm. The younger mother was at high school and her 5 week old child was being taken care of by her 18 year old sister!
Following our food package delivering, we were able to check out the grade/middle school. The school has 1,148 students, and 32 teachers…you do the math. It was utter chaos, but man did I love it. I was in my prime, getting to be a kid again. To bad it was short lived. On the way back to Walk In the Light from the school, we made a couple other stops, experienced some amazing people, and that was it. Both Monday and Today we had great support groups with our women who are really opening up to us. We’ve been discussing the problems within the Township and looking at practical ways to work towards solving the problems.
My eyes aren’t staying open any longer. I’ll leave you here. Goodnight…or good day, depending on when you’re reading this.

3.19.09

Yo yo yo! The past few days have been the past few days…nothing too big going on. We’ve spent two days working at Walk In the Light. We’re rebuilding a mud-hut kitchen within the township…it’s long/slow work. As a lot of our stuff is, it’s very difficult for all 16 of us to work on such a specified and small project, but we’re getting used to making the most of the situation we are in.
The weather has been unusual. After a week of nothing but sunshine, we’ve had cold rainy days. Now, it’s important to keep in mind that cold is a blistering 65 degrees, but that’s beside the point – this is Africa.
Our group here continues to be a blessing. As we round the halfway mark, we think about the future when we will all arrive back in America and separate for the first time in 4ish months. While we all agree that there will be excitement, I can’t imagine separating. Regardless of annoyances, little ticks here and there, and things like that, our community is unbelievable and I still think it’s crazy that I can enjoy 33 people for this long…but I do.
Life’s a blessing.

3.17.09

Three days later and I’ve experienced quite a bit. I’ve spent two more days at Walk In the Light, and seen two more days of stuff that still seems somewhat surreal.
Monday, my group got to do the township visits. Now, to explain myself, the township (located directly across the street from Walk In the Light, is basically the “African” community people think of when they imagine “Africa.” Houses are either government issued and built of brick (generally two small rooms), or they are constructed of mud (which we get to help build later this week which should be amazing). Anyway, so one of our groups of 4 gets to go into the township a day and see the same people face to face who we read about online, who we watch on TV, but who seem worlds away from America.
What we first experienced on our visit to the township was the corruption of Africa. We had to stop by the police station with a woman who had just lost here aunt the night before. This woman needed a form called an affidavit, which essentially ensures the death of the dead. Our guide/translator Pendile said that up to this point, every time they needed an affidavit, they get one pretty easily. However, on this particular occasion the officer wouldn’t give one because she needed “proof” that the lady’s aunt was dead. It was surreal to see the frustration that stems from such a broken community that continues to lose because people aren’t willing to help each other. We never actually heard, but I’m fairly certain that things got sorted out later that day, but it took hours longer than needed.
Our first house visit was to the house of a man who is both HIV and TB positive. A lot, if not most, people in the township who are HIV positive are also infected with TB, a sickness transferred through the air, which is very easy to get with a weak immune system. The catch 22 is that if someone is getting treated for TB, they cannot get on the pills that help boost their immune systems when they have HIV. So people, just like this man, are forced to get treated for TB before they can even approach the HIV. So here was this man, one week away from starting his HIV treatment, alive and talking in front of my eyes. Again, so simply sit there and experience the life of someone with HIV or AIDS is completely mind-boggling. So foreign, and so wrong. It’s super frustrating to be honest. God never intended life to be so broken, but here we are. To be able to touch the skin of a person with HIV, so be able to pray for this 35-year old man who could easily pass for 20 was so empowering. We went on to visit a woman who was sick with a mental degenerative disease where she can’t remember her age, her kids age, and has just lost her husband within the month. We visited a man who is in great health since being on the ARV pills for some time, and also 2 brothers, both HIV and TB +, who were surrounded by friends (which is good) who possibly had no idea they were sick (which is bad). The shame that comes with being sick is overwhelming to see, especially since I’m so privileged to have the undeserved health that I do.
Today was a little different. Rain came in, and it was “cold” (60 degrees haha), so the house we were supposed to repair got postponed and we spent much of the day cleaning at Walk In the Light. We moved wood, hacked away at grass (old-school lawn mowing), and then got to spend our Tuesday afternoon with our favorite ladies. Today was the most successful time we’ve had with them. We got to play telephone and a couple other games, sing some songs, and share some stories. By the time we were done, we were pleased with the day of work we had put in.
After work we went out for Papa’s (Adam) birthday. Woody, our campus pastor from APU, and his family just got into town so we’ve been spending the night with them while celebrating Papa’s birthday, and enjoying ourselves all the while. Life continues to be good, and as I always say God continues to be better. I think this is my longest post yet so why don’t you open up iTunes, throw on some John Mayer, and relax your mind for a little while after this hour-long blog post…haha.

March 15, 2009

Hello Mates! Well here’s the official down low on the sickness. Diarrhea has passed (Hallelujah!), the fever’s gone for good!, and it turns out I’ve had bronchitis for a week now…but it’s finally going with some medications. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel…in fact, I’m almost out of the tunnel. Yeah!
We’ve had some fun here since last chatting with you all. Thursday night 4 APU graduates from last year and one of their friends from South Africa showed up and have been hanging out since. It’s really funny to see the excitement brought when new people join the group. Sadly they’re leaving tomorrow morning, but it’s been really fun.
Friday we had class as usual, there wasn’t anything too special. Class. Class. More class. And then class finally ended. Went to the mall. Ate some dinner. Had an event here where we’re staying for a youth evangelical group who is going out to the corners of South Africa to make a difference…and that was it.
Yesterday, we went to Durban. It’s probably beginning to sound like a broken record, we do go to Durban weekly after all, but it’s awesome every time. Yesterday, we got to go to UShaka Land…or something like that. It’s essentially half water park, and half sea world. So we got to see a dolphin show. We got to play on slides and be kids again (which is always awesome). We got to go through an insanely cool aquarium, see all that jazz. The coolest part though was the last thing we did. We heard of this snorkeling thing you could do for 45 minutes so we thought, hey why not. It was only 35 rand ($3.50), and we got to scuba in one of the aquariums with all these sweet fish…including 7 sharks! They weren’t the biggest sharks there, but they were about 5 feet long, it was super cool and a great way to end our time in Durban.
Last night we went to the Keg and Hedgehog (our local Red-Robinish restaurant) and got some dessert, watched Italian Job and that was about it.
Today I skipped church. It’s really hard the whole church issue. I don’t feel connected to any of the offered churches. I don’t really take anything from them, and I don’t enjoy them too much. Now I know there’s much more to church than entertainment, and I know it shouldn’t be about what church can offer me, but what I can offer the church, but it’s super had to muster up the motivation when I know I’ll only be here 3 or 4 more weekends anyway. Regardless of the issue though, I’ve really been enjoying my Sunday mornings of rest. I was able to just relax, listen to as much of a podcast as I could before the net decided to cut the download, go on a run, and enjoy myself. Later in the day we went to the mall to see a movie. I saw “New In Town” I think it was called, and it was awful! Since things are so far behind here, I’m sure it’s already out of theatres back in the states, but if you ever get the chance to rent it, say no please!
That’s about it for now. Life is good, God is better, and I’m happy! Here’s some random pics from the last few weeks for those of you who don’t have facebook. Peace!


Bongin Kosi ("Praise the Lord" in Zulu). It's the pre-school we volunteer at.

Our sweet watering hole!

This is what you get for your birthday in South Africa instead of Cake

A good ol' Durban day!

The canopy tour group

3.12.09

Well, 2 more days have passed, and here we are again. The past two days have been two more days at Walk In the Light, and two more nights of having fun with the friends!
Our days at Walk in the Light are split in two. Before lunch we will always be working on different projects. After lunch on Mondays and Tuesdays we have our time with the ladies from the near township that have ties with Walk in the Light. After Lunch on Wednesdays we have our college age group, which thus far consists of just hanging out and having fun with the handful of 20ish age kids who come. Thursdays after Lunch is the same thing with a younger age, mostly middle and high schoolers. My personal favorite part of the day though is the last half hour to hour before we leave. As school gets out, all the young ones make their way over, and we get to have major fun for a half our to an hour. For the boys this mostly consists of some extreme soccer (if that’s what you’d call it), it’s a blast!
This week at Walk In the Light has been a little tough because of the lack of work there has been. It’s hard to go somewhere, completely willing to work, and then find yourself a couple hours in sitting waiting for the next thing to start. I’ve found that a lot of my frustration has come from selfish reasons – I want to experience the townships, I want to interact with the sick, I want to do the stereotypical African missionary things, but as I go further into this ministry I find maybe that’s not what it’s all about. Maybe it’s about the little things, maybe that’s what’s going to make the bigger difference in my situation. Regardless, I find myself dying to work. Thankfully we were able to find stuff to do today before lunch, mostly cleaning and organizing…it was fulfilling. Monday’s supposed to be the start of some intense programming so that should be awesome!
That’s about it for now. I think I’m getting a little better health-wise (knock on wood), but keep praying for me and the rest of the people here cause things are spreading. We’ll make it!

March 10, 2009

Well hello folks. I’m sad to inform you that my sickness plague has in fact returned for a second round, but I’m making it.
We had our first day at our service sites today, and I’m totally pumped. We’re looking to do some great things, and I am stoked to see what God does! For the first little bit of today we did a lot of planning and brainstorming, then my group of 4 got to head into the township right down the road. We picked up some people from the HIV/AIDS clinic and took them home. We got to see their homes, and smile with them (language barriers keep from a lot of communication). It’s so crazy to have interaction with someone who you know has HIV, not necessarily because they are degenerating at a pace faster than they should, but because I’m from a society where people with AIDS or HIV might as well be aliens…but they’re real people. They’re people you can laugh with, people who eat just like we do, and who put their pants on one leg at a time (unless of course it’s a skirt or a dress). It was very eye-opening. I found myself constantly thinking, ‘it shouldn’t be like this.’ People shouldn’t have AIDS, people shouldn’t be dying, it just shouldn’t be this way.
Upon returning, we had our lunches, and then got to meet our field-workin’ ladies that we are going to be with every Monday and Tuesday night. They were awesome! Our translator Pandile was able to help us communicate with them, and we were able to get an idea of what their lives are like, play some games with them, and sing some songs. There were 11 ladies total. They all work in the fields at Walk in the Light. That’s one of the things the ministry does is offer vegetable gardens to women. These 11 ladies, probably ranging from 30 to 60 years of age, make me so excited to dig further into the ministry. It was a spectacular day…minus the stomach and headaches haha.
That’s about it for now. Please pray for healing amongst our group. Sickness is spreading like wildfire and this is a horrible time with the service sites starting. Thanks y’all! See ya!

3.8.09

Alright here we go! Yesterday was the big 20, meaning I’m not a teen anymore. It’s about dang time I get some respect in society! Anyway, yesterday, due to sickness, I was fortunate to have a very “lay-low” birthday. I got to chill basically from morning till Dinner with my co-sick-partner CJ, and enjoy the maturity that began to dwell inside me as another year entered me.
For my birthday dinner, we all headed out to a burger joint a couple minutes down the road which was amazing. My birthday treat was a alcohol trick they generally serve to those who wish to get hammered. With me though, they put some beautiful pink food coloring into water….it was rad. As for the birthday, that was it. I love birthdays, but never expect a big party, so it was pretty ideal. Got a nice card from everyone here, and I loved it…great present!
Today was a great day too! I didn’t go to church (heathen I know), but still woke up at 6:45. I spent the next few hours chatting with friends online, playing guitar, and listening to yet another amazing sermon of JMC. Following this splendid morning, we headed off to a canopy zip-line tour that we just returned from. It was awesome! Essentially on these tours you just zip-line from platform to platform, but most of the platforms are at very cool places. One, for instance, was some 100m up on a cliff’s edge, another was right next to a waterfall. It was pretty dang awesome! And now here I am!
The sickness is mostly in check. Fever’s gone. Little cough still resonates. Stomach’s the stomach. When these things hit the stomach takes a while to ware off, but whatever. It’s starting to spread like wildfire around campus so that’s a bummer, but hopefully it’s down and out of my system. That’s all for now. Life’s good as always! Thanks for the Birthday wishes and support. Love.

3.6.09

Welp, it’s one day before the good ol’ 2-0 birthday, and what am I doing but laying in bed because I have a fever and feel like (insert appropriate swear-word). Last night might have been one of the worst nights of sleep in my entire life as I failed to go to sleep for 3 hours because I was shaking uncontrollably because I was freezing…yes I was freezing in Africa. Anyway, I’m hoping this will pass if I just lay low all day today, go ahead and pray for that.
OK, so what’s been going on. I think my last blog was the 3rd which would have been Tuesday. Since then we’ve had good times. Let’s see, I think Tuesday was the day I went on a run and saw 5 zebra, which is always quite the reminder of God’s beauty, and an opportunity for me to talk like a baby and tell them how pretty they are, all the while hoping nobody runs by and catches me mid-sentence.
Wednesday, we went to see the Drakensberg Boys Choir. It’s a boys boarding school about an hour and a half from our AE campus. These boys have to try out for the boarding school, and if they have a good voice they get in and do performances for our group, and just about every person 60+ years of age near the area. Anyway, it was really entertaining, and very fun, and that was about it for Wednesday.
Thursday we didn’t have anything on the schedule so most of us went to Durban again, chilled at the beach, and then we to a revolving restaurant which was phenomenal, but could be the kryptonite that landed me in bed today. Actually, I was feeling under my A game prior to the revolving restaurant so that wasn’t it. It was so good!
Now here I am, on my 15th straight hour in bed. We have our community engagement classes today, tomorrow, and Monday, so it’s a shame I’m missing it. Anyway that’s life right now. I’ll talk to you again when I’m feeling better!

3.3.09

Well, I’ve got a little news for ya but nothing too exciting.
On Sunday, I went to church, did some homework, and went to an Indian restaurant to eat…which was sooo good. They had this bread (I don’t remember the name of it) but it was the best thing that’s hit my mouth since I got to South Africa.
Monday morning, we headed out for chapel at a lookout point on the Pietermaritzburg hills…it was gorgeous and so cool. I’ll throw a picture in for you. Following that a group of us went to an organization called Tabitha Ministries, which is an outreach to AIDS orphans. It was just an orientation, but was an amazing ministry and I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to get plugged in…God willing.
Speaking of outreach, I just found out this morning that I’ll be serving at Walk In The Light, which is a ministry that does a lot, but majority is focused on serving the AIDS ridden township community surrounding it. They do daily trips to get treated for sickness, they offer youth group for different kids, and church on Sundays for all, they have play structures for the young because many of the youth never play when they’re young, don’t develop muscles in their upper body that we don’t even think about having, and therefore grow up without fine motor skills (i.e. they don’t have the ability to draw within the lines, write neatly, etc.) Walk In the Light, is almost entirely self-sustainable. They have a lot of acreage, and they harvest and sell their crops, as well as offering some to the community (depending on what it is obviously), and run their organization off the money they make through that. The leadership is phenomenal, and I’m so excited to get started there!
Had my bio test this morning, pretty pleased with it, and now time to move on to other work haha! That’s school for ya…even in South Africa. Here’s a picture from our field trip Saturday, and then worship yesterday. Hope you enjoy!

3.1.09

My birthday is in less than a week, I can’t wait to receive packages from all of you! Oh man, I’m excited…I’ll really feel loved! In advance, thanks for all the presents and the such, I’ll let you know whose is my favorite.
Anyway, yesterday we had yet another field trip. This one was to tour “the battlefields” of the Anglo-Zulu war (essentially the war between the native Zulu people and the invading British people way back when). Anyway, we drove for a solid 4+ hours before we got to our first battlefield, and boy was it something. A huge open valley, with almost nothing but a little hill in the middle of it. 4+ hours totally worth it haha! Then we headed to our 2nd and final destination which was a little house that the British fought off the Zulus from when they were way outnumbered. Again, waking up at 500 am was totally worth it to see this. It was something else. Then, we headed back into the bus and drove 4+ hours back home. In all seriousness though, the ride was pretty fun. I really didn’t mind it at all.
Upon arriving back at AE, we at dinner. Now while we were eating, some girls decided to prank us back from the night before. They got us so good that by the time I got back to the chalet, I had no idea anything had even happened. No harm done, but to make a point, when the 2 instigators left for a bite later in the night, all 9 of us guys went over to their rooms (in two different chalets let me inform you) and switched every-single-thing from each others rooms. We’re talking pictures on the walls, all their clothes, mattresses, etc. Everything. That made for an eventful next few hours.
Theeeen, even later on I went on a night run through the reserve with my friends Dave and Megan, and every zebra in the entire reserve (6 of them I think haha) came to see us. We were runnin’ wild with the zebras! It was so cool.
So the night was wrappin up late, and I wasn’t feeling like going to church, but my wise friend Paige reminded me that church is not about what I can get from it, but what I can give to it. With that said, I went to church, and I’m really tired now, but I’m glad I went. Got some studying to do today and tomorrow, and a test on Tuesday in Bio.
I’m off folks, thanks for joining me on another adventure of Alex’s semester in South Africa! Oh, and if you didn’t catch it, that first paragraph was a joke. Later!