1. The time has come to say goodbye to Lesli, a fellow volunteer who was based in Red Hill as a Life Skills Educator. We worked together on Saturdays with our girls group. It was a weekend of sad times, last meals and laughs, and the only reason we are letting her leave is because we know she'll be coming back. Goodbye friend! Thanks for all the Mexican dinners and hilarious stories of taxi-drivers and planned bank robberies! And what an awesome legacy you are leaving behind in Red Hill, through your relationships with the team members and the kids - especially our Saturday girls. I'm looking forward to letting you know about all the fruit growing from all the seeds you've planted...
2. Since Lesli's flight was on a Saturday afternoon, it seemed appropriate to bring the regular Red Hill girls to the airport to say farewell. Thankfully, it wasn't too emotional with only a few tears shed outside security! But the experience for the girls was amazing (or at least that's what I think). For them to go somewhere that they've never been before and learn about travelling by plane, pilots, flight attendants etc. etc. was eye-opening. A chance to broaden their horizons and maybe start some dreams about their own futures and where they could go or what they could do. Such a simple thing could turn out to be life-changing! Crazy thought!
3. Lesli managed to escape just as the weather has become winter with a vengeance! There's been so much rain, the rainbow count is up to six in two days. And lots of monkey's weddings, which would be why all the baboons were out in full force on my drive to and from Red Hill yesterday!
4. I don't have anything else to update, but here is a link to an awesome news story I read this week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18703171 Enough said.
Thanks for reading. Enjoy the week ahead!
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