Another Week In Africa

I cannot believe it is already my fourth week here in Africa! This past week went by incredibly fast, but as always, it was great! A few things that happened... I got an A on my Zulu test, we watched Bride and Prejudice in Intercultural Comm haha, went start tripping at night and one day a monkey growled at me! We were innocently inside working on hw and he just came in and scared us! Wednesday night we went to dinner for ladies night and the food was great (and also half off)! Another highlight of the week includes founding this board game called 30 Seconds, its similar to Catch Phrase and I'm guessing its a South African version because a lot of the words are people and places of S.A. This makes things slightly more challenging and even more funny! Anyway, there have been several nights where this has been our entertainment and it is absolutely hilarious and the competition gets intense! 

This Saturday we went to Durban for the day! We went to this market for a couple of hours and did some shopping, had our PB &J sandwiches for lunch and then hung out at the beach for awhile. It was very hot, but the water felt great and of course there was ice cream involved. Beach days at the Indian Ocean are so much fun! On the drive back to AE there was a thunder storm. Even though it rains often and this is certainly not the first storm, its still kind of exciting! Only in South Africa, is it blazing hot one moment and pouring the next. 

Valentine’s Day was surprisingly really fun! It started off with going to church, which I had to wake up early for but was totally worth it! The church I went to was a charismatic church and I loved how the people were so joyful during worship. They sang and danced and even jumped during one worship song :) On Sunday night we all got dressed up for our special Valentine’s dinner! Upon special request the kitchen made chicken fettichini and garlic bread. This was such a great treat. I am really missing food from home. We also had a secret valentine exchange and the room was decorated quite nicely with candles and roses! There was some dancing after dinner and then a bunch of us watched the movie 50 First Dates. Bascially, Valentine’s Day in South Africa was a success!

Well, I am about to go study by the waterfall! Hope you all are doing well! Love and miss everyone back at home!