Glad to be here!

Saturday July 17th 2010- Created by Tanya

As I write this entry by candlelight, I am reminded of how lucky I am. It is as you say when you loose one of your senses, the others grow keener and I am so appreciative of what we do have here: a nice warm bed to sleep in, an indoor bathroom to use, and delicious food to eat before going to bed. These luxuries are uncommon to many.

Today has been a long, hard day for many of us no the team as we have traveled from far away places and making a variety of stops along the way. The early arrivals were able to take advantage of the wait as we stopped by the boardwalk in East London to enjoy the scenery before doing some shopping and returning to the airport to meet with the others. After creatively stuffing the van and trailer with our luggage and ourselves, we were on the road for our long journey to Malungeni. A few of us dozed without snoring too loud J. While others chatted and watched the scenery along the way.

We were greeted by a fabulous dinner cooked by Koena, Constance, and Alfred (otherwise known as Chops). During dinner, we started on orientation with introducing of the team members and out host staff along with some information. Afterwards, it was off to bed for an early start tomorrow.

Thought for the day(Valerie): Rumi tells us to sell our cleverness and buy bewilderment.