South Africa 5 - I love Usaka!!

Well, I was going to apologise for putting such alot of detail in my previous two blogs. But my parents seem to be enjoying the detail (even though I'm not sure I'll write about riding in the back of a pick-up again anytime soon! :-P)

I am however limited on time today as I have to turn the computer off in 20mins to stop it going crazy when the power cuts out in 30mins.

Cell group on Tues eve was soo much fun. we didn't end up having a bonfire because several ppl are ill (i myself have the misfortune of trying to fight off a cold!)
We had worship and bible time (Deut 32:1-13 the fatherhood of God) and then mass pudding eating sess :D followed by a game of 30 seconds (the SA version of Articulate) many hilarious moments. and embarassment on our part as we don't have a clue on some of the more South African things that we had to describe!
The best moment was probably when one of the SA guys tried to convince us that "The Wanderers" was a cricket ground in England (it is in fact outside Jo'burg!)
closely followed by Izzy's description of Jerusalem as "the place where Jesus was born" pure classic!

We were all pretty tired by this point as we had been up late with Abby the night before - thankfully Dean got us home pretty quick!

Weds 30th
Today was the school trip to the water park in Durban (Usaka - pronounced Oosarka-or something close to that!)
Unfortunately Abby couldn't make it because of resting her foot and absolutely insisted that none of us should miss out; so we're planning another trip when her foot is better.

Let's jst say nothing like this trip would ever be attempted in the UK. 240-odd kids, four coaches and no more than 20 adults (7 UK volunteers included) at a busy waterpark. I have no idea how it worked and how we didn't lose anyone!
After a nosy journey on which I heard everything from Rhianna's "Umbrella" to some pretty awesome Zulu numbers and plenty of dancing (did i mention that the South Africans aren't particularly big on seat belt awareness?!)
we arrived. 240-odd wristbands later we, or rather they, were let lose.

The kids were given pretty much a free-rein - as were we - it was a very safe environment. We spent the morning together as a group of volunteers doing all of the slides and flumes (aside from two that we simply didn't have time for) including a slide with practically 90-degree angle drop(which turned out to be something of an anti-climax simply coz it happened so fast!)
Sooo much fun!!
Then lunch, which was done on Tues eve, and then spent the afternoon splashing in the pools with the kids. pretty cold unfortunately as it went cloudy.
A much quieter journey back and it was all i could do to keep my eyes open to follow the conversation the deputy head of the school was engaging me with!

Needless to say, I am looking forward to bed this evening. It was so nice to be doing something different, with the added bonus of it being so much fun at the same time!

Tomorrow we are going to Howick for a picnic with Dean followed by a film, i think! as its another public holiday.
Friday we were planning to go to Durban beach. But we may have to rain-check that one for another time as we want Abby to be included!

Peace out x