The Kids of Agape

Lucky me - I've come across internet twice in two days! So today we're working at the orphanage and are on our lunch break now - so we've walked into town. Basically our schedule consists of this:
6:30am - Wake Up (considering we crashed at 8:30pm last nite its pretty easy to get up early)
8:30am - Leave for Agape
9-1pm - Play with the under 5 year olds and feed them lunch, brush their teeth and get ready for nap time
1-3pm - Lunch Time
3-5pm - Homework session when the older ones arrive home from school

On Mondays and Thursdays we take some of the older ones back to our place and make dinner and hang out - tonight is girls night because Jeremy is going to sleep over at Agape and we're taking 4 girls back with us - so GIRLS NIGHT (for those of you back home)

We just found out today that the children of Agape (the choir) have a major performance in downtown Durban on Saturday night along with 3 other very popular South African artists. We were booked to go on a safari this weekend but are contemplating changing it because we would really love to go with the children into Durban and see them perform and help with everything - Pam (Agape manager) said she can get us tickets so we're figuring that out but most likely will stay here this weekend. Its a public holiday a week from today so we also might take the kids to play soccer - but it gets difficult when you're in charge of about 45 - 50 children.

I keep forgetting that I'm in the Southern hemisphere and its winter here right now. Its still warm, can get chilly at night but not too bad but the sun sets at about 4:30-5pm! Its pitch black by 6pm so throws all of us off and we're in bed by latest 9pm! On the weekend we were feeling a little crazy and had some bottles of wine and went to bed around 11pm hah.

I know some people have been concerned and asking me about the violence that was all over the news before I left - and really we havent seen anything in these parts. We asked Tessa and she said its mainly in the townships outside of the major cities and they keep to themselves. Be More has actually told us that we are not allowed to go into the townships while we're here working for them so we wont be going anywhere close! Margs and I are planning our trip to Cape Town for the 28th of June - so any suggestions let me know!

-Lou xoxo

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