Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Welcome To Gottenburg!

Sunday June 22nd, 2013


We finished up our training in the morning and were transported to the communities for our welcome ceremony.

They had several community leaders come up and speak. The guys playing DJ would blast random funny music for each person’s entrance like it was a sporting match or something.

They sang the National Anthem for us as well as had a performance of a play from the highschoolers of Diyamani Highschool (the main high school in Gottenburg). There were bits of English slang mixed into the play and it was hilarious. I still understood what was going on most of the time even when I didn’t know what they were saying. A group of girls from Hlalakahle, the neighboring community April and her scholars reside in, did some dancing. It was really cute.

April and I starting dancing with the girls at the end. That seemed to help the scholars warm up a little. The sun set quickly and I walked home with my Papa Elvis and Quiet.

When I reached my homestay house it felt oddly home in a way. It was good to back. Good to see my homestay family’s sweet faces. I was exhausted from all the training and traveling. I feel like I haven’t seen them in a LONG time.


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