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Sawubona! Yesterday we had our first Zulu lesson. We were learning all of the letters and the different sounds. The first one on the list said “a” as in duck. This caused me and everyone else to take a double take. We later found out there is an “a” sound in duck when you pronounce “duck” with a Bristish accent. Zulu is an extremely difficult language. There are 3 differnent clicks that have to be made and there are words that simply cannot be pronounced in English. None the less it will be cool to learn so we can interact with the people in their own language.

The Prayer Chapel at African Enterprise

Tea Time is my favorite time in the day. Everyday at 10:30am and 4:00pm everyone takes a half hour break to have tea and muffins. It is an awesome and relaxing time. Pretty much everyone in South Africa takes tea time. In the hospitals they tea time in shifts so everyone is able to have a break. Here at African Enterprise we all go to the dining hall sit on the couches and just enjoy each others company, in fact tea time begins in 36 minutes!

A monkey almost lost his life today. My friend Ashleigh was talking to some of the cooks in the kitchen when she saw a monkey come in the back window, she screamed and one of the people in the back screamed and threw his knife at the monkey. Luckily for the monkey it got away. The pepper spray comes in today so we can protect ourselves from the monkeys. The problem with the monkeys is that they have nothing to keep them in check, they don’t have a predator or a threat, so we have to establish ourselves as in charge. Here is a picture of one of the monkeys for your viewing purposes.

Jeff took this picture of one of the infamous monkeys

This is the second straight day it has been raining, but it is not a heavy rain, just a light rain. It was interesting becuase yesterday they mowed the lawn in the rain. I guess when it rains so much you have to mow the grass sometime.