Today, the 31th of January, I did go with Sister Rudo to the Crèche that the convent is running. The crèche is about 20min away by car. There are 3 different classes divided by their age. The children in the oldest group are around 5 or 6 years old and start school at the beginning…
Today, 28th of January, I started my volunteer work. I got up really early in the morning, around 5am. After I got ready for the day I went together with the sisters to the morning prayer and mass in the chapel. At 6.30am we all ate breakfast together in the dining room. There was porridge,…
This is my schedule for the next 4 weeks. I completely changed my lifestyle and live according to the sisters timetable.
The first two days I got to know all of the sisters better and adapted to my new “lifestyle” for the next four weeks. I wandered around and tried not to get lost in this huge area. Which was very difficult at the beginning but I usually just asked someone and everybody was really friendly…
After my flight arrived in Johannesburg, I was picked up by Ron and Michelle who are friends of a friend:) Before they dropped me off, they took me to a place to eat. The food was delicious and I got to to try a typical South African soda called cream soda. When we arrived at…
In a few minutes the plane to South Africa is going to take off and I will leave Switzerland for the next 28 days.
Finally the night before my departure has arrived. I can’t believe it. After 3 months of preparation everything is prepared and ready to go for my african adventure. 2 out of 3 luggages are filled with gifts for the people I’m about to meet in 1 day. I’m proud to say that I was able…
On 12th of December I sold together with my amazing friends pieces of cake at school. So many students and teachers came and supported the projects so that I was able to totally collect 400 CHF on this day.
On the 31 of November, I went to Luzern to meet Sister Franziska, one of the members of the general secretariat of the holy cross sisters. She gave me lots of information about the convent and also a few tips regarding my journey to Pretoria, South Africa.
For my Matura paper, I will be going to South Africa in January 2019 for a month to assist the sisters of the holy cross in South Africa with their social projects. The sisters run a frail care home for elderly. They are also in charge of 3 outreach projects. The first one consists of…