Lumela
Welcome to our last post of this trip. It’s hard to believe that time has passed this quickly. Our last four days have been wonderful. On Monday and Tuesday we worked at the PHCL mission site: a large series of villages. We constructed yet another playground—our best yet—and did more painting and planting. Our setting [...]
The next day was the 4th
of July. As those of you in America celebrated our nation’s independence we ventured out to honor the independence of Lesotho. Years ago, King Moshoeshoe led his troops up the mountain to escape enemies who were approaching. Throughout his time there, no enemy was able to conquer the mountain [...]
Today, Wednesday July 1
st, was a tough but rewarding day, like many we experience here in Lesotho. We spent the morning at the Baylor College of Medicine/Bristol Meyers-Squibb-sponsored pediatric HIV/AIDS clinic and the afternoon at a textile factory, both in the capital city of Maseru. We know the statistics about HIV here in Lesotho—anywhere from [...]
Hello Friends and Family!
We’ve just returned from our hour and a half getaway to beautiful Ramabanta! We really wish you all could have seen this place; it was stunning. There are pictures below (which I hope you all have been able to view better!) but they just don’t do it justice. On the way there [...]
We’ve had a wonderful three days since we last posted. On Wednesday, the group participated in a scavenger hunt to learn the city‐village of Roma and the surrounding area. It was purposely the first time any of us were allowed to be in Roma so everyone had an equal, uninformed chance at winning. The group [...]
Hello friends and family!
The past few days here have been spent working with organizations aimed at bettering the youth of Lesotho. Our large group split into two and we went to separate sites. The next day we flip‐flopped and went to the other site. It was nice to mix things up a little and get [...]
We have had two great days in which we accomplished a lot and really began to come together as a group.
Saturday was spent at Little Angels Orphanage finishing up our greenhouse, painting and drip irrigation projects. During our group meeting on Friday night, Scott encouraged us to slow down and not be in such [...]
It’s been two days since we left Johannesburg, and man, are they excited about the World Cup! It’s not even until next summer! The bus ride to Lesotho was 8 hours long, but we made the best of it. We even saw two rhinos on the way! Eventually we got our music working and played [...]
Lumela!
We will be your bloggers from Group 2 of Lesotho 2009! My name is Tori Vogelgesang and I am a junior at Witt from Cincinnati, OH and this is my first time leaving the country. Co‐penning with me is Sarah Kelly, VP for Student Development and Dean of Students. We are both so excited to [...]
Hey everyone! Sadly, our time here in Roma at Thorn’s is ending! Tomorrow at 8 am we begin the 2 day drive north to Kruger National Park to go on a safari. We will be going on morning, all day, and night game drives! Hopefully we will be able to see the big 5!
The past couple [...]
