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Hey everyone! First off  I apologize for the extreme lack of  recent bloging. I am at home now back in Canada and safe and sound. I luckily found a great job 3 days after I came home which was a big relief! I have been working a lot though as a councilor at a kids sports camp at McGill. So far its quite a change from working at Agape. Some big differences I have noticed between the kids at the camp and those at Agape is that the Agape children are so much more self sufficient at young ages. While the 6 year olds at camp cry every time they get so much as a bug bite the Agape 4 year olds could trip and fall and summersault down a hill landing on top of another child and both would get right back up and continue playing as if nothing happened. As well the Agape children really know how to look after themselves in a way that Canadian kids their age would never be capable of doing. They can bath by themselves at 4, clean up after themselves at lunch, and help around the kitchen.

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Hi everyone I don't have much time to write a long message but I thought I would post some more pictures. I hope you enjoy! Everything is still going great here (except for when I got peed on by one of the kids today haha) and everyone is healthy and happy xoxo
Margo

p.s the first picture is of the volunteers minus Jeremy in the valley of a thousand hills national park( I think thats the right name)There is a waterfall there and that's where the town that we live in gets it's name from(even though the waterfall is actually in the next town over)

The second is at the beach in Bluff where we spent the weekend

And the third is of the other volunteer Jeremy and one of the older girls who we took out to lunch at "wimpy's burgers" today....no one else seems to find the popular fast food joint's name a little odd except for Louise and I.....haha

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Thanks for all the messages guys there really sweet and make being here a lot easy when I feel homesick. Also Happy Fathers day Dad!

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I am here in South Africa at last! After a very long flight to England with the man beside me blasting techno music while holding his crying baby the whole way I finally made it to London. Then after a day well spent in London I hopped on another plane to Johannesburg

Hi Everyone! I can’t believe that May is almost over already and that I am flying out tomorrow! I’ve spent the past couple weeks getting ready and I think I’m pretty well all set now and ready for the over 40 hours of travel time….(I’m bringing a lot of books to read). Contrary to the popular belief I did fit everything I need into one backpack and I can actually get it on without any help! haha   Now I know some of you have expressed some concern about the current political situation in South Africa and the recent violence that was been occurring throughout the country. For those of you who are not aware of the present situation in my understanding, there is currently a lot of animosity between some of the native South Africans and the immigrant population from neighboring African countries that are now living and working in South Africa. Some people feel that the immigrants have unfairly taken jobs that should belong to South Africans themselves.

Hello everyone! First and foremost thank you so much for checking out my blog! I leave for South Africa on May 31st to volunteer at an orphanage outside of Durban called Agape. Agape is an orphanage for children, most of who have lost their parents due to HIV/AIDS.  Earlier this year I was able to watch a documentary on Agape and some of the stories of the children that live there. Although I don’t believe that the movie has been released in Canada yet make sure to look for it when it comes to HBO. It’s called “We Are Together” and it is an amazing movie. I feel so fortunate to be able to meet some of the children from the documentary and visit Agape in person and I am very excited to meet the other volunteers I will be working with. I hope all of you continue to read this blog so that I can share my experience at Agape with you all.