April Snapshots

- Hagen family adventure: Cape Town (Botanical Gardens; Dad, Ted and I jogged downtown; Cape Peninsula; climbed Table Mountain); boat ride through Santa Lucia wetlands; Hluhluwe (game drives, Nyala spotting, horse ride to investigate fossils, dung beetle observing, elephants); car ride through KwaZulu-Natal interior visiting Umphumulo to meet fellow YAGM, Kristen, and Cool Air to meet my host family; stop at PACSA to meet co-workers and advisor, Mervyn; attend four hour Maundy Thursday service; hike in Drakensburg with, fellow YAGMs, Kristen and John; and finally back to my host community, Cool Air, for a walk, braai (grill out), egg dying and two more services, including Easter Sunday, with my host family
- Bopha Siyakhona (a soccer camp, inspired by the FIFA World Cup, with youth from South Africa, Germany, DRC, and more) at Hilton College with PACSA
- HIV/AIDS Launch at Umphumulo
- Mozambique vacation, including meeting the US Public Affairs Officer in Mozambique and the Country Director of Mozambique for Samaritan’s Purse International Relief
- Attended the funeral and memorial service of my former fellow teacher