Sorry I haven’t written an entry for so long. Things have gotten pretty routine here for Michael and I and it has been a while since we have done anything worth blogging about.
For the past few weeks we have been spending a lot of time with the Sparrow Village kids helping them study for their final exams which are coming up this month. We are seeing a great need for help with math, and I love seeing the joyful expressions on their little faces when they figure out the answers! We now have our regular customers who always bring us homework – mostly the younger kids who are so eager to learn! Many of the little children love to read books to us… Even though they struggle a lot with the words, finishing a book is like discovering magic! They glow with pride and happiness. And Mike and I absolutely love giving them the opportunity to pick a book and read to us… I don’t know how, but somehow I feel like that one book is a huge investment in their life.
We haven’t done much site seeing or touristy things for a while. So this morning Mike and I made a trip to Magaliesberg where we went on a canopy tour (zip line) for 2.5 hours. The Magaliesberg Mountains are more than 2400 million years old and are the second oldest range in South Africa. We went on a total of 10 zip lines through the canyon and went more than 45m above the stream. We drove through a game farm to reach the canyons. The landscape was absolutely gorgeous and the ride a thrill! I was very nervous for my first slide, but once it happened I realized there wasn’t much to it… The only scary part was when they switched the order and I had to slide before Mike did. I had tons of fun (this was my first time and Mikes second – he went zip lining in Guatemala as well). After the canopy tour we received a complementary lunch and headed home before the rains hit. It was a great day and it felt good for us to go out for a while…
p.s. Last night Mike and I went out to dinner at the Cape Town Fish Market and we had a stunning evening! It had been too long since we went out for a sit down dinner and prawns with robata baby squid (calamari tubes) was the perfect meal! Of course, I had the best company! 
p.p.s. Michael and I are officially Michigan State medical students and are in the class of 2015!
Let me just say that you are having an amazing experience!!! this is all SO great!! wow zip lining... this is so crazy!! those lil girls look like they love u!! i am SO jealous, yet so happy for u... haha u old fart.. looks like ur killing your bucklet list already! cant wait til u come back!
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