SOCCER GAME!! YEBO YES!

Wow! So Saturday was a jam-packed day! I started off my day by heading to Durban to do some serious shopping!! It is so great to shop here because it is a lot cheaper than back in the states. So I bought a cool African painting and lots of jewelry =] After shopping for a few hours, I headed to the beach for about an hour to soak up some rays of sunshine which was just lovely!

After this, my group from my service site and I planned out the day to go to a soccer game at the world cup stadium! It is brand new and SO beautiful! We planned to meet our friends/staff from the ethembeni family center, Khlaka, Claire, Zwe, and Nankhlanhla aka "Nany!!" We were dropped off at the stadium and I was so excited to go to my first real soccer game. The teams that were playing were Durban vs. Pietermaritzburg. We were rooting for Pietermaritzburg so all of us wore a shade of blue to show our pride. We had lots of stares, considering we were out-of-towners! haha... The fans are crazzzzzy! They had dances that they would perform and chants that they would yell. It was definitely a cultural experience! It was a great time to bond and hang out with our new South African friends! Even though Pietermaritzburg lost, it was an entertaining time...


After the game we headed to one of the best fast food restaurants out there....MACDONALDS! ok, so I actually find this very humorous considering the fact that McDonald's would be my last chocie to eat at back in the states, but here it is delicious because it is sort of like comfort food for me. After my oreo mcflurry, us ladies were dancing out in the parking lot and were teaching claire and nany how to do the "soldier boy"! It was fun because we all were just being silly! I was sort of on a sugar high from my mcflurry. and so for those of you who know me REALLY WELL, you know that when I have sugar in my system, I get crazzzzy! hahahah ;) ..
[Nany and I at the game!!]

Then all of us headed back to African Enterprise (our campus) and watched the movie, "Seven Pounds!" I had such a great day hanging out with our new friends and going to the soccer game!!

Prayer Requests:1. Please pray for my endurance and strength for the upcoming week 2. To be able to slow down and process everything that I am seeing and feeling... It is all coming in so fast that it is hard to realize what is happening and occurring at my service sites. 3. For God to break my heart for what breaks His...

Thanks you guys!! love and blessings, Jamie