I spoke to soon the other day; yesterday showed me why they call it the rainy season here. All morning it rained constantly. My flip flops and feet were covered in mud by the time I got to the Orphanage and my lovely raincoat made it's first appearance. The potholes in the road were like paddling pools and the roads were even more dangerous to drive on. Apparantly the farmers were happy about it, I think they were the only ones! I taught at the Orphanage on my o...

Hi All So I have started at the Orphanage now and I absolutely love it! The children are so sweet, I teach the 4-11 year olds, the rest are in school fulltime. My favourites are the little ones; Abigail, Jennipher and Debbora. They loved the bubbles I brought so much that they had used all three bottles in one lunch hour. They all seem really happy here but they don't have a lot, they wear the same clothes everyday and most of them are covered in holes and rippe...

Yesterday was such an amazing day! In the morning I went with Ivor (from Love Volunteers) and the Pastor to one of the Church programmes out in the countryside where they have created a safe environment for children who have been abused or mistreated to play, keeping them off the streets and out of danger. They are such lovely children! They were really curious to see a white person and all wanted to shake my hand or climb on me. We played lots of games and sang...

I'm FINALLY here!! I arrived yesterday after a boring and uncomfortable 24 hours in Johannesburg airport, I think the staff there thought I'd moved in, they kept seeing this white girl with a backpack as big as her and a lovely skirt wandering around the place. But anyway I made it here eventually, there were about 20 people on the little plane that took us here and although I slept most of the way, as I hadn't last night because I was worried my bag would get s...