Smiley :)

Well I have now been here for almost two weeks, and it is still a great place to be! The bouse I am staying at is slowly filling up, we are up to five students now, with three more coming tomorrow! Working at the BNC is also still great. I have moved from teaching classes, I was doing 3rd grade, to dong remedial one-on-one tutoring for some of the students who really need the help. It is very sad to see how many of the students cannot read or write or do basic mathmatics. It is not their faults entirely, many of their parents cannot help them wth homework as they have no educations, and the teachers in the public schools just pass the students along even when they are not ready to move to the next grade.

The braai that we had was a traditional barbeque for this region. The braai is a type of outdoor stove where the meat and vegetables are cooked. We bought lamb chops, sausages, pork ribs, chicken kabobs and beef kabobs, as well as corn on the cob and salad fixings. The people here say that they have the best meat in the world. There is a national law that says no hormones can be given to the animals, and the meat farmers follow the law. And I must say, the meat I have eaten here has been some of the best that I have ever had! In another sense of meat, we went to a very local (around the corner in someone's hosue basically) restaurant the other day, and had a 'smiley' (spelling may be wrong). A smiley is...a sheep's head, complete with teeth, tongue, eyes, and brain!! We also had other foods at this restaurant such as potatoes, veggies, and ribs, but the smiley was the main attraction. I ate part of the tongue, and I must say, it tasted like liver, and once I put the fact that it was a tongue out of my mind, it actually tasted pretty good! The next traditional food we are going to try is a type of worm that they fry up and eat! Can't wait!! :)
This weekend, the other volunteers and I are going to help out at a soccer tournament that they British boys we live wtih are putting on. We will be reffing and keeping track of scores and other such things. It should be fun! And on Sunday, the 4th of July, we will be having a braai to celebrate America's Independence Day! More to come later this week/weekend about the houses and people who live here!!