Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates the past few days. Due to some personal issues, I haven’t really felt like blogging. But, I think I’m ready now to put myself back out there for all of you to critique my summer work experience. So, in the words of Hoard Dean, BYYYYAAAHHHH!!!
Today, Matt and I eclipsed a milestone in our work. We saw property #100 (we actually got to #102) today. To think that after only seven or so days in the field, we have gotten over 100 sites visited is really powerful. We were able to finish out all 17 of the senior centers yesterday, and therefore will be working exclusively with crèches from here on out.
I took some really awesome pictures today; there are a lot of cute kids in them. I’ll try and post them tomorrow maybe, or on Sunday at the latest. Today was also great from a work-related viewpoint; Matt was able to use the GPS coordinates in Google Maps to find over 50 of the 102 properties we’ve looked at. By using Google Maps, we believe we can speed up our pursuit of finding the Erf numbers for each site on the plot maps. All in all, Matt and I are really confident in our project, and believe that we will be able to leave Ikamva Labantu with something special that they can use going forward.
Also, tonight is our 4th of July party. Our Notre Dame friends who are studying abroad at the University of Cape Town are leaving tomorrow for a trip to Durban, so we decided to have a celebration tonight, with some small fireworks going off at midnight. In good ol’ fashioned American tradition, we will be having pizza and KFC for dinner.
I hope everyone has a safe 4th of July, and please email me stories if you have any. I really enjoy hearing from you guys as well, haha. Bye for now, my friends!!
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