Dumela!!!!

Dumela!!!

Arrived in jane furse!Hey all!

Spent tuesday at a museum in jo'burg n on a bus to polokwane. We were picked up by maureen our south african granny and stayed with her on tues night. Such a cutie! Then on wed morn grabbed some supplies n was picked up by Mpho a staffmember from the school.he is crazy but very easy to get along with.

The landscape in jane furse is very vast orange dry n mountainous. It doesn't rain until october so it is very dry. There r the most beautiful vibrant sunsets over the mountains though .there is no grass just orange sand. It is really beautiful though.The school is a lot bigger than I expected. The buildings are like home but the resources r limited .

My room is very comfortable though.they even gave us a kettle hotplate n tv! The Students all come in n use them though they r not supposed to but I feel so rude not sharing. Past the schooolgates though is very different.shanty houses,wells,street sellers,goats n donkeys! There r shops though were we can get supplies.I havnt started teaching yet as they r still working out where we r most needed but I bought some netballs from ur generous donations n they were so excited.there is a game coming up against another school so we have been practising.

Yesterday I played w the primary kids. We played netball,bball,running races and danced they r so cute.Looking forward to starting teachng. I did some typing last night for my friend soli who works in admin. Computers r very new here and he was amazed at how fast I could type. Wat usually tAkes him about two hours I did in 30min.Anyway all is well here in rural south africa.

Enjoying the experience!
Salang gabotse!
Goodbye n stay well in the local language Sepedi.