On Monday I went on a field trip for my IsiZulu class! It was our first field trip for that class and the ten of us were quite excited to finally get our chance to go somewhere. 

We went to our teacher Wynn’s eleventh grade class at Grace College to meet our pen pals. I was a little worried that we would have to speak a lot of Zulu to them, but of course they could speak English and Wynn didn’t make us speak an Zulu :) We have been writing to our pen pals for a few weeks. I’m sure my letters have been written basically at a first grade level. 

    It was really cool to meet the students in person. They made us traditional Zulu food which included a pumpkin dish, Zulu bread, a green been dish, and COW TONGUE! The bread and pumpkin tasted pretty good, but I did not particularly enjoy the cow tongue. The texture was horrible, but I managed to get it down. 

   The students also showed us around their school and we had a chance to talk with our pen pals one- on-one. It was really fun talking with my pen pal. His name is Nhlaka and he told me he likes Jay-Z and asked if I had seen him before. I was sorry to disappoint him, but I told him that no, I have never seen Jay-Z. He also introduced me to “the best basketball player on campus”, “ the coolest guys on campus” (who are the guys he hangs out with, of course) and “the biggest pimp on campus”. The students showed us all the classrooms and buildings and they did a Zulu dance for us, which was really fun to watch. This whole experience was one of my favorites so far! It was interesting to hear what the students thought of Americans and to learn more about the way they live. 

   On our way back to AE we asked Baba Philip to take us to McDonald’s. An oreo mcflurry and french fries have never tasted so good :) 

On Tuesday night we had D-group (our small groups here). My group is called the Dark Chocolate Divas and we went to a coffee shop called Mug and Bean and got coffee and shared the biggest most amazing piece of chocolate cake ever! I love these 8 girls and it was incredible to meet with them this week, they are such a blessing to me!