Category Stories

Rural Living, for now

It is the end of the week here in Chandelao. I have been in the village for about four days and have gone to Jodhpur for the weekend to have hindi lessons and see the other interns. This week has…

New Boots, New Mind, New Everything

Jet lag took the best out of me and woke my body after the noon hours had begun. Graham, Giselle and I drove through the dark from Dunedin to Waipahi the previous night, so I had no clue what to…

Friday 23 September Tomorrow is Heritage Day but since tomorrow is also a Saturday, the school celebrated Heritage Day today. The programme was supposed to start at 9 but it didn’t end up happening until 10:30 (typical). But it was…

Heritage Day

Arrival in India

So… I finally made it to Jodhpur after much a-due. I got my visa last week and had to wait to get my flight ticket because they were so expensive. But I left on Wednesday from Houston, and arrived to…

Definitely Not in Kansas Anymore

We know the saying, and for me, it rings true. Folks, I’m definitely not in Kansas anymore. Because Kansas doesn’t have cinnamon-coated mountains (and some with frosting on top) nor river water so dark green the hunter himself couldn’t recognize;…

ACJ Library Day!

A few weeks back I talked about going around Strand, Gordon’s Bay and Somerset West trying to collect books for the ACJ library. Well, Sunday was library day so all those books that we have been collecting and were finally…

ACJ Library Day!

The coolest kid ever and sports!

Thursday 15 September-Friday 16 September This week has been crazy because grades 4-7 are writing tests. They are only writing for two hours between 9 and 10 and 12 and 1 but my teachers aren’t doing anything but grading so…

Don’t Stop Believin!

Friday August 26 Today was an interesting day. Mel and I had the world’s most awkward meeting with the teachers this morning. The plan was to have me work with two teachers each week for the rest of the term…