35 days till departure.

So I've discovered I'm not much clearer in explaining things over video either.  Oh well. So the communities I mentioned are Olievenhoutbosch and Pomfret. Another thing I forgot to say in the video is that when in Olievenhoutbosch I will have access to Internet once a week so I'll be able to keep you updated but while in Pomfret Internet access will be rather limited so you won't hear from me all that often. Also just to clarify on the part of the video I thought was most unclear in Olievenhoutbosch we will be staying with host families outside of the squatter. The reason why we are living outside of the squatter because of the dangers that are inside of the squatter camp. And other thing to clarify we will start out in the States for a few days then go to South Africa, spend about 4 weeks in Olievenhoutbosch, about 4 weeks in Pomfret, a few days back in the Olievenhoutbosch area, a few days in the States and finally home on the 20th of December. Also I realize that a hospice is not an old age home, oops. Oh and for all those wondering it will be a 20 hour flight to South Africa.  

The first of the Vlogs

Here it is the first of the vlogs...Hopefully this is better than my writing :)

Making Connections

Today my team and I had our first conference call and it was great! I'm so excited to get to meet these people in person because hopefully it won't be so awkward. I feel like when your on the phone and can't see the people's faces it's much harder to tell when people are going to talk, therefore less overlapping voices and awkward "wait for it" pauses. Anyways, got A LOT of information about where we'll be going and what we need to have prepared before we South Africa. Most of the info we were told was about travel and medical stuff. So far their are 10 people on my team, 7 girls, 3 boys. We're all coming for different walks of life, there are 2 married couples coming, a few people taking a semester off from college and others coming straight from high school. In 59 days I'll be leaving and get to meet them all in person and I can't wait! But while I'm waiting I'm keeping busy by babysitting 40 hours a week and working on becoming a certified Lifeguard. In the next few days I plan to book my airplane tickets to and from Fort Wayne. I'll be leaving on the 29th of September and coming back on the 20th of December. That's an 82 day adventure!
More to come when more happens