The Second Few Days

So turns out when you go to South Africa everyone wants to know what you are doing at all times, so here is another post to keep everyone happy (mostly mum)


On Friday I went along to 'Rainbow Smiles' which is a group to help teenagers living with HIV/AIDS. The main focus of the group is to raise their self esteem and self worth as in this country there can be a stigma attatched to those living with the disease. Its amazing how just one meeting a week helps these kids develop confidence, self-esteem and reminds them that they are special, no matter what. 


The weekend was very touristy. On Saturday I spent the day with the lovely House family in Cape Town. We went to table mountain and the views were stunning, until the cloud came over and then the views were rather less stunning 

                  
Once we couldn't really see in front of us we decided to go back down and spent the afternoon down in Cape Town, was lovely, its such an amazing country I wish you could all be here to experience it too. 


On Sunday I spent the day with Tim and Maz, we went to church, where there was a CRAZY American man talking and then went to lunch at some friends of theres who by the way, have THE biggest house ive ever seen. This is such a weird concept when half an hours drive and there are huge families living in houses smaller than my bedroom. The drive home, via the beach, was lovely, the country is just so stunning! 

This morning I experienced the veeeeeeeeery boring side of running a charity as I spent my morning counting EVERYTHING in the childrens unit, and I mean everything; towels, toys, spoons, etc and this was made extra hard by all the beautifully distracting children asking me to play constantly. But it had to be done and so I was glad I could help :)  Sports club this afternoon was a lot of fun :) we played a massive game of netball and my team (of course) won, with only a little help from the cheating ref. The kids are just so friendly and you can see how much they appreciate and love you just because you spent a few hours playing with them; its such an amazing feeling.