I'm still alive!! haha

This has to be short because I have like 15 minutes of internet time but just wanted to say I am so happy (Ke thabile haholo!!) As I expected things have really upgraded since my move to TY, Berea and getting over bedbugs etc.

One of the teachers offered me housing free so I didn't have to transport everyday from the place in Maseru (an hour away). I just had to provide my own stove, petrol, and blanket. It's still bucket living but hey! i honestly like it. I am STILL a horrible cook (too impatient) so thats a little hard and washing in the basin is cold but all in all its simple and wonderful for me to live in my little ronduval alone and know a family is just a few steps away. I hang out with my radio a lot and drink lots of sweet tea so not too much has changed :) Oh, Ludacris seems to be featured in like a dozen songs the past month which makes me very happy because for some reason I just love his style. LUDA!!! i don't know how much later we get songs here in Lesotho but my favorite track right now is called Nothing on You "beautiful girls all over the world, i could be chasing but my time would be wasted, they've got nothing on you baby -not not nothing on you baby, nothing on you baby"

The school I work at is Tsoelang Pele Primary School. On Wed I teach dance -combination of ballroom and hip hop by request of the teachers lol-, games, and art. i had free time during the week so asked what I could help with and now I teach Life Skills 8 times a week; self awareness, gender stereotypes, conflict resolution and health to class 4,5,6,7. The teachers were supposed to teach it this yr but were nervous about how to approach the subjects. The kids love the classes and they work hard for the most part and come up with ideas sometimes i don't even think of so I am so proud. i just incorporate things like "battle of the sexes" "wheel of fortune" drawing lessons and drama in my lessons and it works out well. the younger kids just learned We are Drops - a Baha'i song and the older kids learned about equality of men and women and how equality doesn't mean that men and women have to have same abilities or even jobs, just that we respect their work and lives in the same manner. i wish i had longer with them, as do the teachers but the school yr ends june 11. thats when i will be moving to Mohoale's Hoek anyway so at least this time i will feel less guilty. I will try to take pics of a "Day in the life" of me including the cute little chicks that live on next door to me (baby chickens not girls lol) and post later on. I've also been writing a lot more raps and songs lately. Feeling inspired with this new location and hoping to record some stuff with friends in Maseru next month. there is a producer, the guy PK who is jst so legit

I still want to go to Port Elizabeth but I have to work out the details

I have gotten to work with a couple Baha'i classes on weekends but for the most part I am incorporating the virtues lessons into my work at the primary school. i go to village called Liphiring on weekends where there is no electricity and our radio and phones are charged by........SOLAR POWER. how awesome right? I'm such a proud tree hugger for that

I started saying my 95 Allah'u'abhas a day a while back and I think it has really helped me to focus and feel uplifted. I enjoy it more than I expected and of course still reading scriptures and all that. I am feeling more advanced in my spiritual relationships through prayer than reading the Bible or Holy Books, which is a little surprising to me but definitely beautiful in itself.

Ok that's about all I can squeeze in, talk to you l8ter!!
with open arms and open heart
spread hope,
Andrea Hope
"we are drops of one ocean, we are pearls of one sea, come and join us in our quest for unity, its the way of live for you and me!"