24/02/17 Sam and Alex report on a Friday to remember
Today we visited
Siyathathuka, again. We really enjoy visiting this village as we feel as though
we have a special connection with the children as it was our first community
visit. The children were very playful and, for how little they have, they were
very cheerful.
The volunteer care workers kept us on our toes and were setting work
for us all the time.
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| Grass Cutting to prepare the football pitch |
It started off with us chopping the grass down on the
football pitch so that we were able to play football with the kids. We then
went into the community room and proceeded to do praise and worship and we
found this very fun as we danced and sang along to the African music. After
this we then did more gardening, unfortunately there was a casualty, Alex
accidentally decapitated a frog as he didn’t see him in the grass. This was
followed by a short funeral and we then proceeded to cut more grass. Soon after
this the kids started to come from school as they finish earlier on Friday, we
played and sang, this made the kids extremely happy. As the day proceeded we
continued to form relationships with the kids. Being with these kids and making
them smile proves that we make a difference. This is the most play time they
probably get in a week. As we left and the children waved us off everyone knew
we would miss those connections and how happy they were around us. We also left
the ball we bought in the airport with the children so they could play on the
freshly cut grass. As we set off we turned our heads and looked out of the
window to see all the happy faces that were waving us goodbye. This made us
extremely sad as another fun day had to come to an end.
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| Our 'Chicken Dust' treat |
On the way home the
leaders treated us to something called 'chicken dust'
, this was delicious
although whilst we were eating it we realised that we came from a village that
ate very little and we were fortunate enough to have food when we wanted it.
Overall today was a day filled with many emotions, but has been a great day
