30 hours travel time…and it’s a go;)
Posted by Kathryn on May 1st, 2008
Dumela!
ahhh…where does a girl start…
Maybe with this….
This post will potentially (more like probably) be a little crappy, as it seems that having net time may be quite difficult for the next week at least…but it’s all good (naah, better than good;) ) Just a quick warning about that….but keep the comments going…they’re good fun to read:) So the flights were good fun and i can’t believe the pro ive become in terms of sleeping on demand…wherever…whenever..
we are staying for a week of orientation at the agricultural college (figures eh, guelph farms follow me everywhere:) ) which is an extentsion of the university of botswana..an amazing place. We got a tour of the city of Gaborone today and went through different areas of housing and business areas…to get a feel of where we will be working. I found out that the place that I (and 4 others on the team) will be working outside of town, about 45 min…which i hear will be interesting as it will give us a chance to see a completely diff side of Botswana, then the very busy urban side that we have seen so far. We were able to meet up with students (many my age) of U of B yesterday over our first authentic Botswana meal (that we were encouraged to eat properly…meaning, hands…which Olefile- the WUSC SWB coordinator here said that i quite well with:D). Talking to the students about programs that they are working on that involve HIV awareness was exciting and i cant wait to talk to them more. I think that has to be something that i am so excited to get to the workplace for…and it seems that where im going..i will def get opportunity for that:) We just got back from our tour of the city and we met up with 2 new SWB students from waterloo. We are heading on a trip to Mokolodi game reserve in the next hour…zebras in my future? i think so! but besides that, a lot to take in…which is no different from what i expected…and funny how at the same time…everything different from what i expected. my thoughts/worries/excitement is all quite difficult to clearly put into words…but ask me, and ill try my best to get it out into something understandable:) other than that..the team is great…very passionate…got some great pics already…especially of us in the Botswana WUSC office!!! how exciting is that! from can to africa like that. still quite surreal. although the 4-legged crawler/beetle/im not sure what surprise in the shower definitely made everything that much more real:)
once again, so much to say…but ill leave it there for now…
funny how a warm night van ride through the buslting, active town can get my mind going miles a minute..and now in the quiet of the wusc office…with this soft-english music in the background….i suddenly feel lost for words
talk soon…
k
girlllllllllllllllllllllll – wow.
so glad to hear that you’re there – in Africa!!!!!!!!! You’ve been dreaming for this day for so long…and you made it happen! You are amazing, seriously. I can’t wait to hear more…so excited that you have a blog! hehe and I’m not surprised you met a little critter already…did you ever see that picture of that nasty bug that was near my makeup bag in Kenya??? HAHAHA! Take pics of the bugs – they’re fun to look at later!!! hahaha! ew!
Anyway, ya, you’re inspiring! Be a blessing girl, and be blessed while there! Here’s a quote I’ll leave you with…it’s on my facebook page…from a book called “Hope in the Dark” that I got for my birthday from Nahum:
“The spaces left undefined by technology and the fields where industry has yet to obscure – that is where God has the room to speak and heal and dance… In Africa, His people never dance alone.”
God has the room to speak and heal and dance!
Love you loads woman! x