I was hanging out in the library at school yesterday with my counterpart and a few other people. We were talking about the upcoming painting of my big world map mural when this social worker, Nombuso, said that she can't paint if it is on a Saturday because she goes to church then, nor on a Sunday because that is her day of rest. I didn't react much to this beyond saying 'Psh' and shaking my head. A few seconds later I happened to look down and see a mini-bible on a desk. I picked it up.
Now this girl Nombuso likes to be sarcastic and bother me whenever possible. She is very annoying. She asks me if I would like to read one of my favorite passages, throwing in a smirking laugh for good measure. I certainly am not the bible quoting type but I couldn't give her the satisfaction of besting me.
I thought back to watching the WWF when Stone Cold Steve Austin was around and his slogan was 'Austin
My counterpart let out a gasp of surprise and the cleaning lady stopped her mopping to hear me read it. Everyone was amazed that I knew the scripture and I totally proved my skill in the area of bible knowledge. Holla.
... In other news, Kristy and I went down to the local hardware store Build-It to get our final shopping list for the map murals. We figured we would just use our fundraising money to pay for the most we could and do the rest out-of-pocket. That is when the manager of the store told us he would just donate all the paint for our maps. 350 rand of paint. 10 liters of paint. I can honestly say that I was shocked. Completely amazed. Total happiness. With this paint we have plenty of money left over to fund the other materials for the project.
The birds sang, the sun shone and for this week in South Africa
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