I've made it! After way too many hours on an airplane I am in Cape Town!
It was a little overwhelming at first...everything is really pretty similar but at the same time so very different. I'm on day three of being here now and I'm starting to feel more at home.
On Wednesday I was taken to the house I'll be living in and given the day to settle in/catch up on rest. I live currently with 3 other women. Nita, is the woman who owns the house and allows us to live there. Angie, is the woman from Midland, TX who will be here for a year, and Eva, is a woman who is here from German and she will be here until the end of Octover.
On Thursday I went to Thembacare, the hospice type place where most of the patients have HIV and got introduced to the staff and how things run basically. I will be going there on Mon, Tues, and Thurs at this point. Our main goal here is to stimulate the babies. The occupational therapist is also wanting us to help her get together a way for the older childeren to have some organized play basically. Ways to work on their fine motor development and such.
Today, Friday, I went to Graceland which is a pre-school and spent the day getting to know the crazy 3-5 year olds. I will be going to Graceland on Wed, and Fridays. These kids are sooo full of energy. I was talking to the principle of the school and she said most of these childern are delayed because of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. They are trying to educate the parents of the damage that alcohol does during pregnancy in hopes that the moms will not drink if she is pregnant again.
Well...I think this will be all from me for now! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers while i'm here!
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