http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk Follow my progress on my trip to Africa Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:13:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow! I can't believe it is less than a week til Christmas. While I think most of you will be shopping, wrapping presents, organising families and generally trying to hide from the cold, here we are still ambling about in sandals! I haven't bought a single present yet, and we ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/12/19/a-special-visitor/ Hi Guys! I'm so sorry I haven't posted for over a week, it's been crazy round here! This week we have been running a holiday club from 12-3 PM each day. We have had between 15 and 40 children aged between 4 and about 12. We have been diong lots of ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/12/13/holiday-club-and-st-nicholas/ I have a lot to tell you about in this entry. The retreat was so fantastic and so relaxing. We stayed in log cabins in he mountains in the middle of nowhere. On Friday morning we climbed a waterfall which was fun! We all got really badly sunburnt though! Monday morning ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/12/03/first-post-of-december/ I'd like to welcome you to this beautiful sunny morning here in SA by saying have an awesome Thanksgiving, guys! Eat lots of turkey, sweet potato and pumpkin pie for me, ok?! I had such an awesome day yesterday. My spirituality session in the morning with the skills for life students ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/27/happy-thanksgiving/ I'm so glad today is over! We had to venture into the centre of Johannesburg to visit the home office. We had to extend our tourist visas. So last night we planned to leave at 5.30 this morning, but, maybe due to God feeling we deserved a lie in, the ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/25/our-run-in-with-the-govournment/ I can't believe it's been a week since I last updated you lovely people. The first and most important thing to tell you is that he sun is back! Yes, I feel again like I'm in Africa! On saturday we went for a picnic in the Botanical Gardens. It was beautiful. ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/19/wow-its-been-a-week/ I've been here in South Africa for over 5 weeks now, and, although I have been shocked at some things, it's only been in the last 2 days that I have been really shocked. HIV is a big problem here, with around 1 in every 4 people having the virus. ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/13/on-my-soap-box-about-hiv/ I'm sure a big cheer would go up in any school in England at the next sentence I will write. Kids here just don't get any homework! We run a homework club on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and for the last 2 weeks, there have been no kids, or no ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/12/kids-just-dont-get-homework/ I'm sure you will be pleased to know that this weekend has been very cold and rainy! Yesterday I even had to resort to wearing a jumper! Yes, a propper long sleeved jumper, in Africa? What's going on!! Sorry I haven't posted for a few days. Thursday was the soup kitchen, ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/10/feeling-very-englandish/ Hey and welcome to bonfire night! have a sparkler for me! Wow the last couple of days, have, as ever, been crazily busy! Yesterday was Hattie's birthday and we had an awesome day with a party in the evening! Pre school was amazing and the kids were so lovely. I decided ... http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/05/latest-from-south-africaland/