Blood Hound or Doberman?

Man. A lot has happened- and I mean a lot. So much that I had to stay up one night and think about all the things I have seen and need to add to blog. SO here it goes...

Normally as we drive the 50 km back to Mthatha for a weekend, we probably see about 20-30 males on the side of the road peeing- not trying to hide it- just letting it all fly. If I tried to do this in the States I would be arrested- but here it is normal. What really weirded me out was when I was working atop the roof- I looked down and saw two women (at different times) walk off the road (barely) and just pull up there skirts and proceeded to squat. GROSS! it is so gross.

One day, my Mom and I were walking to the store to get some food and on our way out we say two boys- probably around 18 years old in a real, old fashioned fight. My Mom was kind of scared- but all I remember thinking was "They can't fight at all. Why don't they just try to tackle each other and try to break the nose?" Funny that's what came into my mind.

Okay. This is going to be long- but very good. We went to Mthatha this past weekend to the Catholic compound for the handicapped and orphans. I met a Swiss girl the last time I was there and she said she would take me down to the orphanage the next time I arrived (which was this weekend). So I went to knock on her door and a beautiful girl answered it. Her name is Karin- she is from Lichtenstein. So normally I would be like "oh Nina (the swiss girl) isn't here...I'll come back." BUT NO! I talked to her and another nice girl from Germany who's name is Anne. They invited me in and Karin said she would take me to the orphanage on Saturday. I probably stayed there an hour and a half talking. Karin is 26 and had volunteered at the orphanage 2 years before- and is only going to be here for a week. So Saturday came and after waiting until about 3pm Karin came and we went to the orpahanage. I got to play with tiny black babies. She took me around to the toddler section where we stayed for about 30 mins. They stole my wallet 3 times. No joke. It cracked me up. THEN, we walked back and I went back to my flat with an invite to go over to the girls flat later that night. I went back over and played UNO with them and a boy named Matteas. Then we all just talked. Sunday, I went to the longest mass in my life and waited again for Karin to fetch me to go see the orphans. She came around 4pm and we walked back on down there. My parents' plan was to leave Sunday night to go back to Qumbu- so I didn't have much time and was bummed that I couldn't hang out with the girls another night. Nina was supposed to come back and it would have been fun to go back over there. Well, as luck would have it- the road ended up being closed and we went back to the compound. I walked right over to the girls flat and stayed there for almost 3 1/2 hours.

I don't know if it was because I was lonely and I could talk to people my age and with a similiar background or what, but I had one of the most fun weekends ever. They are all so cool and fun to be around- This Friday, we will go back to the compound and I think we are going to have a party with wine and some food. That is the thing I am looking forward to most this week.

So- If I ever go to Europe- Switzerland and Lichtenstein are on the itinerary.

Anyways, other than that- we have painted 2 coats on the roof and are now working on refurbishing the flooring in the church.

Oh yea- The days are long so I've been trying to think of simple decisions to make in my life- such as: should I get a blood hound or a doberman as a dog? Should I buy an Xbox 360? etc etc. And you know- I think of these things everyday and still have no answer.

I saw VT over Nebraska. Niiiiice