3 girls and a liz

What has Beth been up to during her 6 months with us?

She has (in no particular order)…
- taught Étienne and Caris 4 mornings a week (English, maths, German, music, geography, cricket, science and history).
- run a young women’s weekly Bible study
- helped with the library I run for local children
- assisted a LOT with the nativity play
- given local children reading and maths help
- visited local friends she has made
- preached once at a local prison
- helped David run a Bible study for Grade 12s
- made friends with young VSOs; swimming, volley ball, pizza night etc
- enjoyed a weekly African dancing group with Alisan
- volunteered to help teach local police etc how to swim as part of a community scheme (no pools or rivers here meant no one had learnt to swim but now we have a public pool)
- visited Vic Falls and the Caprivi Strip
- made our children happy
- spent 2 weeks in Swakopmund
- slept over in both a Himba (see foto) and an Oshiwambo village
- learnt some Oshiwambo and even a little bit of Afrikaans
- been to different local churches
- made friends with people from different people groups
- had time to read some of our books and learn more about her faith
- learnt a lot (she says) from the lessons she gave the children
- enjoyed relaxing the new local pool
- met 2 teams of young people who came from South Africa
- eaten and drunk local produce … including mopane worms!
- realised how privileged she is, having been educated in a country like Australia
- developed a better understanding of – and deeper interest in - missions
- had opportunities to overcome shyness of public speaking
- seen hippos in the Kavango River and elephants wandering along the side of the road
- walked with lions, white-water rafted on the Zambezi, dune boarded and quad biked in the Namib desert
- helped us in many, many ways
- finally beaten David in Carcassonne!

We have benefited greatly from Beth teaching our children, but are also richer from getting to know Beth personally. She will be going to Uni next year but we will never forget these 6 months of her life that she has shared with us.