Week 3: A Sheep-ish day

So this weekend in De Doorns was a bit eventful. I never thought I'd be able to say I rode in a car with a sheep! But thats exactly what happened!
We were on our way out to the township, and one of our Task Team (community member of De Doorns) called to ask if we could pick him up. And oh yeah, he had a sheep with him!

Poor baby

Apparently he was given/got the sheep for a wedding present, but the guy who was supposed to deliver it was inebriated at the time, so luckily we were there to help. At first I was excited to sit in the car with the sheep! How cool! But then as I saw the poor baby tied up by her legs, I started thinking that maybe she wasn't just going to be a new pet for the happy couple.
Well you probably guessed it. She was to be a sacrifice in their wedding celebration (a bit of a sad story for a vegetarian!)
So we put her in the trunk and drove her into town. Luckily I got to pet her for a while to calm her down, but my heart was a bit sad that day.
I'm sure it is a great blessing for them, and an important part of their cultural ceremony.

After we delivered the sheep (rest in peace), we headed to the church to prepare for the weekly meeting. This evening we were discussing constitution building for a non-profit, Community Based Organization/Voluntary Association. I am now well versed in this topic, if anyone ever has questions about writing constitutions for these groups! The guidelines & necessary aspects, I've got drilled into my brain now!
I had to make a powerpoint presentation about the reasons why our organization needs a constitution, and how it helps, and all that jazz. So we presented that Friday evening, and continued our discussion on the parts of the constitution that we still needed to finalize.  It was a pretty interesting discussion, but we'll have to finish it up next week, when they plan to sign the constitution and vote on who will be the office bearers of the group.

Radish!

Saturday morning we woke up early to work in the garden some more! Our little seeds that we planted last week are starting to sprout & show!!
So exciting! However, because its so hot (100*F/ 38* C) we had to add a bit of shade to the plants, to make sure they don't get scorched before they can even grow up!

My fence building skills.

I also helped fix/make the barbed-wire fence, because some sneaky goats managed to get in last week, and they definitely would destroy our garden if they had the chance!



So it was a lovely weekend. A bit of shovelling the compost, and bending the barbed wire makes a nice well rounded work out for the day! :)

Next weekend we'll work on signing the constitution and bringing their CBO to life!
Never a dull moment!

All the best,

Laura