J-BAY!

Welcome to Jeffrey's Bay!
And yep, we're a couple minutes walk from the beautiful Indian Ocean.
I played in the waves yesterday, and it was CRAZY. I'll be honest, I basically almost drowned... but not quite! Just swallowed about half the ocean, and flailed a lot. But I'm alive, no worries.
We're staying at a camp/center type dealio, in little huts kind of, 12 girls per "house". It's decent. We're right by the main drag where you find all the Billabong, Roxy, Quicksilver, Ripcurl factory outlets! WHOOP! There's some gooood shopping going down. And lotsa coffee shops too!

So the latest on me...
Two days ago, Monday, we were supposed to Bungee Jump... but our bus has loved causing us trouble all semester, and it broke down. So we spent the day in a random town, missed the jump, and it's re-scheduled for TOMMORROW (thursday). So whoever reads this, you can think of me and my team as we all jump off a bridge together! BAH!

Friday I hope to take part in a 2hr surfing lesson... that shall be an adventure.
Kathryn I can't wait to tell you about that!

Alright, so my last blog was the 13th from Strandfontein where I was with my host family...
It was a sad goodbye, but I was ready to re-charge and keep movin'!
We travelled to the beautiful wine country of Stellenbosch where we stayed at a center called "Christian Brothers".... orphanage-style living... lots and lots of girls in a small room with lots and lots of bunk beds. But a decent number of showers/bathrooms thank goodness!
It was a great week... we worked in the township of Kayamandi with some locals and we created our own service projects! We met a lot of people along the way, and worked hard. I got to think of my dad a lot as I was painting a community-type center... I dont' know how much he would've approved of my job though... a little sketchy...

Blayne arrived on Sunday, the 18th, and with his help, the girls threw a Guys night on Thursday the 22nd... including steak dinner, sports highlights on a big screen, and a poker tournament! Good stuff hey?

Friday the 23rd we left Stellenbosch, and on our way to Bonnievale Adventure camp where we stayed for the weekend, we had a wine tour! Really cool experience... and the crackers are yummy... but, yeah i don't like wine. Stillc ool though! A good way to dig into the culture there.

So the weekend! We were literally dropped off in the Middle of Nowhere, South Africa in the dark Friday night, and walked to a camp... a few shelters, a river, a ropes course, a rope swing, and a septic tank for bathrooms/showers! Beauty!

It was actually a really good weekend. I did the ropes course, COMPLETELY fearless of course! pah! We paintballed Sunday morning... then in the afternooon we were taken to an irrigation canal where we swam through a cave... unknown to us it was full of BATS... I almost died. That was the craziest surprise ever!!!

Well anywho, here we are in J-Bay, sweet 'n sound. It's more of an adventure week... there's some assignments due on Saturday, so I gotta do that... but otherwise, it's a chill week!
We did a little bit of service this morning, presentations in schools, but lots of free time stilll!

We leave for Mdumbi on Saturday at 5am... and it's a Knowing Yourself Module week led by the site leaders! Exciting!

I need to wrap up, people are waiting! Moral of the story, I'm still alive and having a BLAST, really stretching myself, and continuing to build amazing relationships!! FUN FUN FUN :)

Miss you all way too much.
God bless, lots of hugs :)