*** Post written in February 2013 ***
I had a wonderful weekend.
Friday night Laurel and I sat around a fire that we made in my braai and
enjoyed some wine. The stars are quite
spectacular out here, but unfortunately I have a street light right in front of
my house that really limits the visibility.
On Saturday, I participated in the 1st annual Aroab Fun Run
that was hosted by the school that I am teaching at. It was a 6k fun run with participants falling
under the categories of learners, teachers, and parents. The turnout was a bit low because the event
was scheduled on a pay weekend meaning most people headed to Keetmans to do
their monthly shopping, but even with the low turnout we had about 40 learners,
8 teachers, and 4 parents. Laurel and I
were stationed at the halfway point by the campsite on the road to Koes. We were there with three learners and were in
charge of checking off the runners and giving them water, juice, or ice (I’ll
tell you more about ice in the next paragraph) as they ran by. We had a blast and at the end they gave out
awards for the top three runners in each category and had sausage and cool drink
to celebrate.
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| Getting ready for runners! |
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| Laurel and Vincent handed out juice, water, and ice while Stephan and I marked who came by. The flag was to let runners know of cars... Green means it's clear wh/ is what it was the whole time. |
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| One of the first ones to arrive! |
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| Winners from the run... Parents in the back, teachers in the middle, and learners in the front. |
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| Enjoying some ice while packing everything up. |
Here’s a quick description of ice because it’s such a
wonderful thing...
Ice is simply frozen juice concentrate and water. It’s very similar to the ice pops (can’t
remember what they are called) you get in the states in the long plastic things,
but here many people make ice at home and put it in sandwich bags to sell for
50cents. You just cut a corner of the
back and eat it as it melts. In the
summer you always see kids walking around with ice.
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| Some of my entrepreneurship kids. |
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