After living a dream...

4 weeks means 28 days, nearly a month. Is this time short or long? To go on holiday, maybe its a nice good long holiday. To work, it could be short to finish a project or too long to wait for a next payment. For me, it was both. I dont feel I had enough holiday as I was working as a volunteer, then, if I think back what I have done at both the children's house and for a WE, it was huge. I have quick gone back my diary and see all the first pictures. I remember every pictures. Of course, because I have seen in several times while I was preparing the diary to update. But its not just because of that. I just remember because I cant forget. I will never forget what happened in this 4 weeks. I felt alive. I really felt an energy in me. Another thing is, for some reason, I felt South Africa very familiar. Actually, when I was traveling a Capetown, a shop officer at the tourist kiosk said to me “You are not a tourist, you are living in South Africa, arent you?” As this country is not safe for a tourist, we have been told to walk around like a local & it looks like Ive succeed!


I am having a relaxing night in Durban tonight. Still cant believe I am going back to England tomorrow. Everything seems like a dream but its not. There are a real life here. My girl is going to live her life here. Kids are continue to have volunteers come and go every month. What we have managed to do was a small thing but I hope it did good to our kids and they remember what weve said. They say everybody says to them that they will come back but never. I have told them I will come and see them when I come to South Africa. I dont make a promise I cant keep and I promised myself that I wont lie to children, never.


I wanted to say thank you for the organization, to Agape manager and aunties, to the religious coordinator, to other volunteer girls who become a good friends and to my lovely, lovely children.