1 MONTH!!!
I left APU on a beautiful winter evening one month ago. What an incredible month this has been. I just wanted to list a few lessons I have learned in my short time here in South Africa. I have learned so much about culturally, academically, and spiritually.
1. What is a bathroom?… Toilets
2. Obama is the bomb!
3. The contrast between the rich and the poor becomes more apparent everyday.
4. What is the deal with KFC? They are everywhere!
5. God has given me an incredible passion for traveling and seeing the world. I see my dream job as something that involves supporting missionaries around the world.
6. Monkeys are not cute cuddly creatures, they are a menace!
7. Don’t scream or you will scare away the Zebra!
8. Enjoy every experience! Soak it in.
9. I love the dry weather of Las Vegas that makes my skin crack and bleed! Humidity is not cool!
10. South Africans spending R100 is like an American spending $100. They get paid far less than we do. America is extremely expensive.
11. There are random speed bumps in the middle of highways and roads.
12. God is moving in the most incredible ways in so many people’s lives.
13. I am a proud owner of a passport with five stamps after my trip to Lesotho
14. I am SO INCREDIBLY BLESSED!
15. South Africa has a 40% poverty rate. The best way to put food on the table for a family is give them a job. Many people in South Africa do random things to get money and have jobs that would be considered ridiculous in the states, but that is the only way they have to make money.
16. There is an incredible need for God and for the love of God in all places of the world!
17. People can be content with little. It is so good to get out of the consumer-focused mindset that the US has.
18. Sani Pass is the most beautiful place I have ever seen.
19. Having someone else do your laundry has its pros & CONS! It takes about 5 days to get the clothes back.
20. LOVE GOD and LOVE PEOPLE
