Nabelung
It was my first night sleeping in a dung (poop) hut. Since we arrived in South Africa the smells and colors were different and refreshing. In my mission group there was 12 people, everyone was white except for me. I thought the people in the villages would embrace me more because of my skin color. But I received the complete opposite responds.
On the second day in a village near Calvinia, we set up a kids and youth camp. I was excited that I got the 14 through 17-year-old girls. Camp started at 9:00 a.m., the room we were assigned in was packed with girls! I was taken back from the number of girls and was nervous about speaking in front of all them. After 10 songs, I was the first person to teach to the girls about modesty. I introduced myself and from the back corner I heard the words “GEVILDE VLOK”. I didn’t know what it meant, but I could tell it wasn’t nice from the expression on the translators face. After my teaching we went outside for lunch. I helped serve......
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