In New York 69 Crossroaders gathered to embark on an amazing adventure, there are 8 groups and they are going to Gambia (2 groups), Uganda (2 groups), Ghana, Tanzania, Niger, and us (South Africa). After three days of orientation to get to know your group and learn to deal with cultural and other differences and challenges we should all now be in our respective countries. I cannot be more thankful to be a part of such an interesting and fun group, I just know that we are going to have such a great time. There are 8 of us from Arizona, NY, Maryland, Florida and then me the only Canadian.
For us after three plane rides (one 8 hours, one 9 and the other 1 hour with a total of 5 hours of stopovers)we arrived in Durban a full day of traveling later. We arrived at night and now this morning we are preparing to go to our village which is supposed to be about 2 hours away. Excitement doesn't describe what it is I am feeling, its something much bigger than that.
I really have no idea what its going to be like but I can hardly wait to find out. I woke up early today to have what could be my last hot shower for a while (in Impendle we will be have the experience of bucket showers). I don't know when I will have the pleasure of writing next but I hope that it will be soon so that I can share my first impressions of our village. I know our contact there has warned us that our welcome may be a bit overwhelming as our group is the first group to stay and work in Impendle.
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