Raindrops keep falling on my head.....
Drip, drop, thunder...
After all your messages about 2 weeks of rain in Dublin, 15C and rain in Holland and jalous remarks about the ever shining sun in Africa, I thought you all might wanna read that it can also rain in Africa! It was very much needed, due to a dry winter, but I do prefer the sun! Currently it feels like if I am on a camping in the Dordogne in France (you know those nice holidays were it could rain for 13 hours straight and you have to swim to get to the toilet and wonder why o why you went with a tent and are not sitting in a rented appartment in Ibiza
)
It is like snow in Holland, nobody knows what to do! Daycare is closed, because the kids just not show up....appearently a 500 meter walk through rain is impossible. Nobody goes to work, roads get hard to drive on and the toilet doesnt flush anymore. So my morning wasnt the best one here, cleaning the toilet.
So what do best on a rainy day than write on your weblog?
One week from now my volunteer adventure will be over and my travel adventure will start. I have mixed feelings about that. A part of me really wants to travel and experience as much as possible, the other part wants to stay here and help. So for now I am telling myself I will just come back here every year for 2 months and keep in touch with Mother of Peace! That is the plan know, but I do realize my opinion can change after the travel adventure is over. It is just to hard to determine what a year from now might bring, but it is definately also hard to say goodbye to everyone.
Yesterday we had the Open Day at Mother of Peace and it all went well. Fortunately the rain decided to wait one more day so for the walk around the area we didnt need any rainboots. The showup was good, around 50 people came, devided over 2 sessions (one in the morning and one in the afternoon). Now some follow up is necessary to get the commitment we need.
No pictures this time.... cant put pictures of a rainy Africa on my weblog can I
!
Okay, I am off, have to make a phonecall to the weathergod now....
All the best,
MJ
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Nora wrote:
27 Jun 2007 at 10:30 Ah, the rain - it hasn't been much of a summer here in Oslo lately. Sunday we drove through about 30cm deep 'lakes' on Ring 3 because it had rained so hard!I am sure you will have a great time travelling, safe in the knowledge that you have already helped more than most other people (read: ME) will do in a lifetime.
Take care,
Nora
Stine wrote:
27 Jun 2007 at 10:30 Seem like it's rain all over the world. Dublin, Holland, England, South-Africa, Norway and also India. Im glad to know that the city I'm going to stay in in India is in the dry area. See you there:) The weather is like a norwegian hot summerday: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=2430&linksMaria Dalenhag wrote:
27 Jun 2007 at 10:49 Hello Mirjam, It's really nice of you to let us know it can rain even in Africa :) But we can flush the toilet so I wont complain over the rain here in Oslo... Hope you will have a wonderful trip further on! Love MariaYvette from Be More wrote:
27 Jun 2007 at 16:37 Rain? That's too bad! Hope the weather will get better soon!Yvette from Be More
Helene wrote:
27 Jun 2007 at 16:55 Dear Mirjam.I like and enjoy very much your story's i think they are realy very happy people in SA . But also a lot of sadnes, i think it is great that young people work volonairly a few months like you do!!amazing! I hope you wil read the message i send to you from read to grow it is also a very good thing to see if it is possible to ask for more books!?www.readtogrow.nl. I think it is good to go after 2 months !realy you can come back overthere every year you want! You make friends there for ever and ever!!kiss from your old nabur!Helene
Jo & Elly wrote:
27 Jun 2007 at 19:53 Lieve Mirjam,Volgens ons is het geen regen,maar huilt de hemel om jouw aanstaande vertrek:-)Goed om te lezen dat de open dag een succes is geworden.Geniet deze week nog maar volop van de kids en de rest en we bellen zondag weer. Liefs van P&M
marloes wrote:
28 Jun 2007 at 19:33 Haa, erg jammer van de regen. Hopelijk gaat de zon snel weer schijnen. Veel plezier tijdens je laatste week! Groetjes, MarloesHennie en Theo wrote:
28 Jun 2007 at 21:45 Lieve schat,Bij mij rollen er stiekem wat raindrops over mijn wang als ik eraan denk dat je bijna weg moet gaan bij de kids. Moeilijk !! Gelukkig staat je nog een spannende tijd te wachten, waarin je hopenlijk ook enorm veel leuke mensen ontmoet.
Liefs van Hennie en Theo.
Name: Mirjam Haenen
Age: 29
Volunteered at Mother of Peace from 30 April 2007 to 30 June 2007.
About me:
After volunteering at MOP in 2007, I had to go back and see 'my' kids again. So the end of 2008 I went back and it was
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