I want to say thank you to all the people that have supported me and the projects in South Africa. Many people donated. So of them are family members, friends and some of them people I haven’t had the honor to meet so far. But also clubs, businesses and different organizations showed their support. A…
Today, on the 21st of February, is the day on which I will fly back to Switzerland in the evening. Throughout the day I said goodbye to all the people that I had gotten to know over the past 4 weeks. It was really sad. I’ve grown really fond of the people and the whole…
Today Sister Helen and I left the convent in Victory Park and did drive back to Lady Selborne. Before we left I asked the all the Sisters there if we could take a photo for me as a memory. I thank God that I got the chance to meet all this amazing women. I hope…
Today I had the chance to go with Sister Maureen to Sowetho since she had to attend a board meeting of a primary school. Sowetho is a township of Joburg. So I accompanied her and on our way there a boy jumped in front of the car and by a second to spare we didn’t…
Today I went again to the Crèche with sister Rudo and the children were all so happy to see me. They always wanted to hug me or touch my hair as if to make sure that I’m real. Together with the principal of the crèche I started to wash the chairs since they were really…
I went today, 6th of February, to visit the convent in Johannesburg in which the archive is. To get there Sister Adelberta took me to the Gau-train station of Pretoria where I took the train to Johannesburg. I was picked up by Sister Beata Maria who is also in charge of the archive at the…
Today, on Sunday, Michelle and Ron took me, after we went to eat brunch, to the lions and rhino reserve about 50min away from Johannesburg. It was an amazing experience. There were many different animals and most of them are at home in South Africa. For example lions, rhinos, leopards, cheetahs, zebras, and many more….
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.