This week has felt pretty normal in lots of ways. On Monday I spent my day off visiting people, having a very exciting phonecall from Dan & Mary to share the news of their engagement, and braiing the biggest steak I've ever seen in the evening (it was a delicious fillet!)
Tuesday was spent learning to use a commercial speed sewing machine at Silver Hope. We're branching out to selling bags, so I was asked to try and sew up linings. Pretty funny since in England I'm not exactly known for my sewing skills! But I managed to master the crazy machine without losing any fingers so it's all good.
On Wednesday at Mapheo we did cooking with the kids. They were in groups of varied ages, and then could choose 5 out of 9 possible ingredients to make something with. I was picked to be one of the tasters at the end which I was dreading but in actual fact the kids had done a great job and it was tough to choose a winner.
The rest of the week carried on as normal, then on Friday me & Nicci (the wife of the couple who lead our Impact year) took the 2 girls who are left out for a milkshake to celebrate the end of the year. As you probably know I've been really involved in looking after the girls on Impact and I can't believe their year is over already! Over the year there's been 5 different girls come and go, and it's been fun and challenging to be involved in their discipleship.
On Tuesday a cyclone off the coast of Madagascar caused our weather to go a little crazy. We went from about 27 degrees on Monday to around 10 on Tuesday! You can imagine the shock to our poor bodies. So out came all the winter clothes again. This miserable weather carried on right through til today when it's back up to 25 degrees overnight.
To make matters worse I've been battling the after effects of the tick bite fever (it leaves you 'immuno-compromised') which this week resulted in an incredibly sore throat, chesty cough and the loss of my voice. I think I'll be off to the doctor again tomorrow if I'm not feeling better.
It really does feel like things are wrapping up here. December is the long summer/Christmas holiday so things shut down in December...which means there's only one more week of projects! It's strange because it really doesn't feel Christmassy at all - the weather's hot, there's no twinkly lights, no Christmas music in the shops. When I went to Bethlehem this week they had put some decorations up in the mall but it all looked a bit pathetic and out of place. To me Christmas trees only work in a cold climate, so that you can put fake snow on them, and their lights can twinkle in the 16 hours of darkness a day. I'm glad I'm coming home for Christmas - I don't think I'd cope with a hot one!
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