Month Twenty Two: 13 April – 12 May 2010 - How to paint the world - Never leave a man behind - Too much about the PC EAP- Thanks Gert - Metta Prayer - Tempest Car Rental stinks, occasionally - How much kids love teddy bears! - To answer some really heavy questions with grace [...]
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5 July 2010 I am dangerously close to being an RPCV. Today is my last day in my village and I have packed my bags, given away 80% of what I own, and scrubbed down the windows, floors and walls. It is pretty amazing that in a week’s time I will be done with this [...]
18 May 2010 Maytime Harvest Moon Good Morning All! I hope this finds you enjoying some pleasant weather and looking forward to your favorite outdoor activity! weather here in GaMaja is, in fact, much more pleasant as we are heading toward the winter season. It has been a long, beautiful, cool and rainy fall and [...]
Month Seventeen: 13 Nov- 12 Dec. 2009
- All about the history of Robben Island and Bokaap
- How to make wine
- A better understanding of what an amazing leader and human being Nelson Mandela is.
- The absolute grace of the idea of Reconciliation.
- That jumping fences is not a good idea when they are topped in [...]
13 April 2010
Longtom, Lois and Lions! Oh My!
Hello All!
I am just getting back to school after a wonderful holiday. It is absolutely amazing how fast time is going lately! We just hit the 21 months in country mark! Congrats to all you SA:18ers out there! And welcome to SA:21!
The holiday break started with [...]
10 February 2010
Workshop Week
This past week, with the help of some great PCVs and local community members, we have had not one- but two wonderful workshops!
The first was a Women’s Health Workshop held at the local home-based care center. We had nearly thirty women between the ages of 19 and 36 come for two days [...]
28 January 2010 Hello All! Happy New Year! It has been a while since my last post, I will try to be more diligent from here on out. To start let me get you up to date: To begin my parents were here over Thanksgiving and we had a wonderful trip! Highlights included: – Thanksgiving [...]
Month Fourteen: 13 Aug- 12 Sept 2009
One Year of Service!
- Hyenas are pretty awesome (Thanks Conor)
- I heart being social, and get crazy without a little social time.
- How to get started again.
- The new PC: SA 20 group. Welcome!
- Accept people for who they really are.
- Several knitting stitches
- A bunch of new [...]
Morning, Morning!
17 November 2009
Morning everyone! Sorry for my long absence. I have been busy.
In October I attended our Mid-Service Training with the other 28 or so that remain from my group. It was wonderful to hear all about what great work people are doing and to see what they have planned for the future. [...]
Shine Komotso Shine! Mmmm Good Job!
23 September 2009
Last weekend here in GaMaja we celebrated the wedding of my friend Tiny! Tiny and Moses were married at Tiny’s family home last Saturday in a wonderful ceremony that was oh so very South African!
To begin, it is custom here for the groom to pay Lebola, or bride [...]
Month Eleven: 13 May- 12 June 2009
- My new mantra: Humility, Sincerity, Grace
- People everywhere are resistant to change, pretty much no matter what. So its interesting that I picked a job with the sole purpose of creating, implementing, forcing, starting change.
- How to make really good pita bread.
Month Twelve: 13 June- 12 July 2009
- [...]
Aug 13, 2009
Long Time No See!
Hello all you out there. It’s been a while since I have written. Let’s see, I had a wonderful trip home to the States in June. It was so fun to get to be at Tanner and Sarah’s wedding, throw Allyson a bachlorette party and win some money at mini [...]
Tala like the Sky
June 15, 2009
Well its 5:43am and as anyone who knows me might guess, I have been packed and ready to go for the last 20 hours and am up way before I need to be. So I thought I would tell you about my new dress!
Many of the older women in my [...]
25 May 2009
Happy Memorial Day!
Just a quick update about life this side. I am having a (mostly) wonderful time being busy at school this quarter. I am still teaching a few literacy classes a week to grades 5-7. Grades 6 and 7 are awesome. We read lots of books, write stories and have a great [...]
23 April 2009
Did you eat your holiday well?
Success! Thank you again to everyone who donated money to the KLM Scholarship Foundation! We were the 3rd highest fundraisers and are helping some awesome, deserving kids go to a great school and hopefully on to university. The marathon was also a great success. A whole bunch of [...]
24 March 2009
WANTED
WANTED: Smart, handsome, charming boyfriend for Leah. Existence is optional.
Applications are currently being collected for the post of my new fictitious boyfriend. For the past 8.5 months I have been trying to be an example of a strong, independent, happy, single women but now I am sick of being called “Mommy” by [...]
26 February 2009
Library Books
Over the past couple of months I have been slowly but surely gathering, dusting, organizing and reorganizing all of the library books at my higher primary school. They have moved rooms several times, gone through countless sorting and many have been lost to the “out dated” pile but some in the [...]
Big News! At the end of March I am planning to do (walk) a half marathon in benefit for an organization started by SA Peace Corps Volunteers a few years ago. The organization is called the KLM Foundation and the marathon raises money to sponsor several kids to attend a private secondary school in preperation [...]
Month Five: 13 Nov.- 12 Dec. 2008
- It’s usually best just to own up to stuff. Even when it’s embarrassing.
- To wear lipstick
- To “invigilate” exams
- Lots of PC acronyms (PCV, GTOT, PCT, PST, LPE, HCN)
- That the volunteers in other SA groups (i.e. 16,17) are AWESOME!
- How to get to Pretoria and to 1322 without being totally lost
- How to plan [...]
Travel Log for my holiday travels, Dec. 2008.
GTOT or General Training of Trainers
- I have been invited to help train the new volunteers joining the SA team in Feb.
- GTOT was held at the College of Education in Marapyane, where my PST was held and were the new volunteers will spend their first 8 weeks in [...]
White Rabbits! I can’t believe its December already! I hope everyone had a fabulous fall break and a terrific Thanksgiving!
Our PC community integration assignment for last week was to visit neighboring volunteer’s site and that is just what we did!
Travel Log:
Monday-
2pm Andrew and Leah meet in Lebowakgomo to head to Mphane to visit [...]
Thank you again to everyone who sent birthday cards, emails, thoughts, etc. It really was so wonderful to hear from everyone, and I am so grateful for all of your support!
Well I am 24 years old and it is good to be alive! Its been one year since I decided to apply to Peace [...]
I am writing this from the brand new library at my higher primary school! Last week I was given the task of organizing and establishing the school’s library. So far we’ve got an unused classroom, a couple of shelves, and about 500 very dusty books. The kids have been so eager to help, so to [...]
Hello All!
Here is just one more way you get intouch with me! I have recently set up a Skype account and it works pretty well. There is just a slight delay, but its still wonderful to hear your voice! My account name is “lnictaylor”; so if you are a Skype user look for me, if [...]
Sunday I got to attend church for the first time here in GaMaja, and boy was it fun! One of the very first people I met when moving to GaMaja is a gal named, Tiny. She is as her name describes, a very petite woman, about 24, who has been a wonderful friend to me. [...]
So I have been trying to observe teachers this week, and having a hard time. Sometimes I am discouraged about how the educational system seems to be failing, but there are some great teachers out there who really do want to improve! But just to give ya an idea of what I am working with, [...]
Well just this past Sunday, Oct. 12, marked being in SA for three months and being at site for one month. (Yay! Go SA18!) Starting at the first month mark I decided to write down everything I had learned that month, it seemed like a good way to reflect on how much I had accomplished [...]
The Invasion of the KleKle
For the first time in more than a decade GaMaja is hosting an annual Girls’ Initiation School. For two weeks girls (ages about 10-16, maybe) from the surrounding village have come to stay in GaMaja to learn traditional songs, dances and customs. There must be almost 100 girls participating [...]
Logistics of Life
Well as I’ve got some time on my hands, I thought I would answer some of the questions I’ve gotten about the logistics of life in GaMaja.
I have been here in GaMaja for 11 days now and spent all last week drawing a huge (3’x4’) map of the village. GaMaja [...]
I have a new address! Now you can send mail directly to me (instead of PC Headquarters). My new address is :
PO Box 1964
Maja 0719
Republic of South Africa
Thank you so much to those of you who have answered my call for more reading material. I have a nice little library for myself started. Anne and [...]
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