So Friday was my day off but it was quite hectic! Kirstin, one of Mark and Chris's daughters had a blackout the night before and has no idea what happened but was out for around 10 minutes. So Chris, Kirstin and myself went into Pretoria before having to pick up one of the boys from boarding school. Chris dropped me off a shopping mall to look around whilst they took Kirstin to the hospital to get her checked out as she had a huge bump.
Kirstin ended up taking abuot 4 hours, they did lots of brain scans, chest scans and bloodtests and she was even put through the 'Donut Machine' as the boys call it! Turns out the doctors couldn't find anything, praise the Lord.
So it meant they picked me up from the shopping mall around 3 oclock, we quickly grabbed groceries and came back. Because we were running so late Mark had to pick up Fetsi from school.
Saturday I was on early shift again so started at 6.3am and in the evening us 4 volunteers decided we would go out to a show that Sean and his son Charlie (our local neighbours) were going to. So we each took turns to go back to the cottage to get ready whilst looking after the children and eating. We went to a circus show about 40 minute drive away. It was quite a weird place that we went to, unless you go into Pretoria they don't have many places for you to go for evenings. It has childrens amusements and a gambling centre.
The show was also quite enjoyable, not quite my cuppa tea shall we say! But then it was around 10.30 and they took us to an Africanse kareoke bar in Hammanskraal. As I said before you are limited to a choice of abot 3 or 4 different places safe for us to go to, for instance we drove past many townships and it would be suicidal if we were to get out the car anywhere amongst it. It's so sad that racism is still happening, and to see it first hand. Even when I was alking around the shopping mall on Friday people would turns heads to me because I was a lone, english, white girl.
We didn't get home from the kareoke bar till 12.30 and because I was attending church on sunday it meant I had early shift. So 5 and a half hours sleep later I was up with the babies!
We left for Pretoria with Mar and Chris (who run Tshepo ya Bana) and the 5 older boys who age between 9-13. Mark and Chris attend Constantia Park Baptist Church, a church John and Yvonne Temple attended for a long while. The people there knew that someone was coming from 'John adn Yvonne's church in England' so I felt quite famous!! People were very friendly and welcoming and the church service was very good.
They actually have sunday school and an adults teaching class at 9.00 till 10.00, then tea and coffee then the usual service at 10.30 for all, so that no teachers or children miss the sermon which makes a lot of sense.
I worked the rest of sunday afternoon and had to have a ncie early night on sunday!!
Yesterday was enjoyable - Saskia, Amy and myself took 4 of the toddlers to get ice-cream at our local restaurant/lodging park. It is only a 5 minute walk from Tshepo Ya Bana so is ideal (I also hope to go one evening for a meal - nice to get out of the farm for a little while).
The children were so so excited to go get ice-cream it was so much fun, although on the walk back I had to carry Kamo, he is only 2 and was so tired, falling asleep on me almost!
Anyway for now I shall say goodbye,
Love to you all. And my prayers go out to all my friends at the Christian Camp in Wales!! Missing you all, have an amazing week.
Gemma
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