A month in photos: August 2013
- Thank you card making for my friends and family who donated to our library project! (We raised $12,000 dollar and the books will be shipped within the next week!)
- Katrina and Michael visit the Battlefields
- Constantine’s goodbye party/braii
- Matric Farewell 2013 (South African version of prom)
- First grade 7 pen pal letter exchange with my friend Josh’s City Year students from Stevenson Middle School in East Los Angeles. Pretty much one of my favorite days in the classroom so far — none of the kids could pronounce Los Angeles or Spanish last names, but were beyond excited to have a new American friend. It was really neat to be able to tell them kids all over the world learn English as a second language just like them. Such a simple, yet powerful project. Can’t wait to keep the exchange going!
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- Making thank you cards for everyone I know who donated to my library project!
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- To my cousins, Alicia and Michael! From Linda and Zakhele
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- Anyone need a tire? This is how you repair a flat tire in Nquthu – find one that matches in this bunch
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- Beautiful sky in the Battlefields
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- Paige gave out teddy bears from the Mother Bear project in my village!
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- South African kids are really creative about how they play…
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- I thought this little shack was neat
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- Katrina (and Michael) came to visit the Battlefields for a weekend!
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- Michael looking out to the Battlefields in a pimped out taxi
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- Hanging a new South African flag my counterpart made in grade 5
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- Ain’t that cute?
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- Teaching kids to hold fast to their dreams: Why I serve
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- Matric 2013 Farewell Function at the Secondary School
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- Traditional dancing at the farewell function
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- More traditional dancing as always
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- Luther…quite possibly the biggest dog I’ve ever seen
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- Katie in the wilderness gathering wood for a bonfire…as always
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- Paige and Will ready for a super formal dinner – probably the most formal we’ve had in a year
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- Bonfire for s’mores with our German friends!
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- And so we head back to Mangeni falls one year later…
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- MEAT.
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- Whatcha doin’ Paige?
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- Battlefields PCVs + some fellow German volunteers in Rorke’s Drift
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- Our friend Tiny – who has been with us for a year – went back to Germany this week!
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- Pen pal letters from Stevenson Middle School in East LA; kids LOVED the American money!
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- I couldn’t stop laughing all day about this pen pal letter…
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- Reading their own pen pal letters
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- They couldn’t pronounce any of the Spanish last names
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- Reading the pen pal letters out loud to the class
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- New books for our library from a Peace Corps friend in Los Angeles! Can’t wait to teach the kids about geography! Thanks Mary Kate!
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