Another blog without pictures. Sorry!
I hate blogs that only have text and nothing visual to compliment the content, but I seriously can't get internet to save my life. I just stayed up until 2 a.m. editing pics and went down to the hotel lobby and their internet was down! Ahh! I seriously hope to get some at least by Monday, because I'm pretty sure we will have internet at our hotel.
Today was a pretty light workload for us. I woke up at 12:45 p.m. and we were supposed to leave at 1 p.m. We left there for a resort hotel in order to meet up with TOMS. When we got there we heard of a local school about 5 minutes away that could use some kicks. Only a few TOMS people went with us as the school was relatively small. It's nice when the schools are smaller because it's easier to engage the children and we don't feel rushed nor task oriented. The kids and teachers were so overwhelmed with gratitude they sang and danced for us for about 15 minutes. The Hanson brothers returned the favor with 2 acapella songs which completely floored the kids. They were all running around singing the lyrics. We returned to the hotel and met up with the TOMS crew again for dinner, beer, and putt-putt. Yeah, in case you were considering it, don't take a trip to South Africa for the sole purpose of playing putt-putt. Our African safari themed putt-putt in America sure beats actual African safarian putt-putt. All in all, it was another good day. We head to Joburg tomorrow morning early. If I go to bed now I will get 3 and half hours worth of shut eye... Ouch.
Blessings to you all.
Bryan
Today was a pretty light workload for us. I woke up at 12:45 p.m. and we were supposed to leave at 1 p.m. We left there for a resort hotel in order to meet up with TOMS. When we got there we heard of a local school about 5 minutes away that could use some kicks. Only a few TOMS people went with us as the school was relatively small. It's nice when the schools are smaller because it's easier to engage the children and we don't feel rushed nor task oriented. The kids and teachers were so overwhelmed with gratitude they sang and danced for us for about 15 minutes. The Hanson brothers returned the favor with 2 acapella songs which completely floored the kids. They were all running around singing the lyrics. We returned to the hotel and met up with the TOMS crew again for dinner, beer, and putt-putt. Yeah, in case you were considering it, don't take a trip to South Africa for the sole purpose of playing putt-putt. Our African safari themed putt-putt in America sure beats actual African safarian putt-putt. All in all, it was another good day. We head to Joburg tomorrow morning early. If I go to bed now I will get 3 and half hours worth of shut eye... Ouch.
Blessings to you all.
Bryan
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4 Comments:
Thanks for the update! It really is appreciated with or without pictures. Your accounts of these precious moments are heartwarming and quite humbling. Hope you manage some rest and indeed get some internet connection soon. Best wishes to everyone.
really loving the updates. hearing how great the guys are being really makes me smile.
cant wait for a picture update!
Nice to read the updates, sounds like you guys are having fun. I love doing service for other people, it makes me feel good and feel like I'm fulfilling a purpose in life. Good luck with the rest of the trip!
Thanks for continuing to give us updates on your trip with Hanson. I can't wait to see some photo's but just hearing your experiences with them are great.
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