This week had been all pressures from all classes requirements and continue intergrading with host family and the surrounding neighbors.

One night host Mom bring home her sister’s daughter, age 40 and been fallen few times.... Host pa, ma brought her to the clinic and referred to the hospital and few more fallen down after, she hurt her angle.... Now the whole week been staying in the hospital..... couldn’t know details for not enough languages from me to them, Vis versa......

The week started with a wind storm and got cold for the rest of nights.  The first couple nights I had my sleeping bag out on my blanket again.....

Rushing day in and day out by the van taking us to and from village and resort....

See what the monkeys can do with garbage can!!!  

The female monkey might come for food for the younglings......

The male had followed just for her...

Was that of what I felt the pressure and cold these early mornings, so what in my camera been darker.....

But it had been usually got brightened up before I got off from van for classes or for host home.

We take different ways to pick up all trainees so I got to see this cactus that is similar to what I remembered from Loreto, BCS......

Every day monkeys.....    

And monkeys...... Watching at us or at our lunch?....  that we have "no food in classroom" policy......

Sorry, no sharing.

Maggie is vegetarian, and she shared me her home made veggie burger..... so delicious and full of love in it.   

One of our health class had invited a 20 years HIV Positive recovered hero; now living a normal with daily medicine as a clinic patient. It is the same like the ones who is taking the long-term prescribed medicines for any other diseases. 

It is no longer a death sentence and not transmittable with the currently available medicines continuously, which is supplied by the local clinic, and it is free to everyone anywhere in South Africa.    

I had encountered a new bird......   
Harrison found a new diseased branch! What a morning with a good start!!!
  We are the only three learning Xitsonga and living nearby.    

One spot at the mid way on our daily van trip.... it looked so much of BCS..... only a tiny spot.... Do you think?   
No doubt, it is Spring time here..... all been greener.... and taller weeds got blooming up too....  

We had a field midday walk around our village NTwane to seek someone for an interview on HIV awareness and prevention if all been welcomed, adopted and in practicing....

We had a few school kids whom were just off from their Friday’s classes early.....

Without parents’ approval, we can’t take pictures....

And couple of a couple households we stopped by:  One was welcoming and given lots of information on Youth education on our topics and youth camp, etc.

Another one, it was truly sorry, almost been scary, if not the lady was so tiny, for her anger to the “White” was almost exploded right in the front of us.....

We apologized ourself to leave and we can still hear her voice behind....

How can this be, before we talked with her, we were talking with her brother and he was so welcoming???.....  They both are over 60 of age, I would think....

 


I love these egrets....and they love the cattle no matter where it is in the world.....   

South Africa is truly an advanced country, but still works ahead to have benefits being applied to all.

As it was or as it is to be......  

Harrison might had being the youngest in our whole group, and he got the latest education and knowledge plus his person interests on finding all interesting things, even this spring head in the middle of nowhere.....  The water was coming out slowly....  I would have missed it totally.  
Tall weeds got their pride for the bloom.....  

This one was over a meter tall...... Just how strongly they are enjoying this Spring......

I am looking up to all them too.....

Cheng 9/16/2023

Remember: these were all my personal story telling to my nieces and nephews and all loved ones worldwide, and only.


 



 




 





 

 

 


 















 







 

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