Since I have been in Germany Marvin – a good German friend of mine and previous volunteer in the scout center in Nelspruit – has been planning to come over to South Africa with 23 scouts (rovers and leaders) from his home diocese DPSG Fulda. We have been planning over the phone for several months … More DPSG Fulda meets scouting Mpumalanga
Moin moin liebe Leser, I am very proud to inform everyone, that my fundraising stand went well at the Adalberoflohmarkt. I first had to learn a lot on how this flea market works e.g. what time does it start and at what time does it end. How do you make up prices for the items … More Mein erster Flohmarkt
Moin moin… I am happy to tell you guys that on Saturday, the 5th May, I am going to have my own fundraising stand in order to raise some funds for my sending organization SAGE Net but also for my personal future plans. I’m going to sell special items at the so called Adalberoflohmarkt – a … More My fundraising stand
Moin moin… As you all know we just celebrated Easter a few weeks ago. In this blog entry, I would like to share with you guys how I normally spent the Easter holidays back at home in South Africa and also how I celebrated them this year here in Germany. In South Africa the week … More Celebrating Easter
Moin moin… in the beginning of March I suddenly got the opportunity to work for one week together with the German volunteer Arjan in two youth hostels in the area around Bremen. The only information that me and Arjan got from our boss was that we had to go to Worpswede to move out some … More Changing workplace
Moin Moin It’s unbelievable that it’s already half a year for me being here in Germany. Within this period of time I have not only worked in the DJH Resort but also traveled around to visit my fellow scouts and former Aktion Tagwerk office team in Bonn. Last year in September I got the chance to … More Being part of DPSG & Aktion Tagwerk
Moin Moin… as you know it’s now the festive season and it’s the month of giving and sharing good moments with the family. I have been waiting to really see if I am going to celebrate Christmas in a very different way this year. I always wish to do it on how it is shown … More celebrating the festive season
Moin Moin It’s now three months for me living and working at the DJH Resort. Until now it has been a lot of fun where I had to learn more and also work more than usual, as the previous volunteers that were doing the same work as me were done working for the Resort. So … More getting along with my work place
Moin Moin here in Germany it was my first time to celebrate Halloween. At my home country South Africa we normally don’t celebrate Halloween. It’s just a few people that do it as party theme. For me I like the scary part related to Halloween but have not celebrated it before. I got to know … More Halloween
Moin moin…… My first day at the DJH Resort in Neuharlingersiel was on the 3rd of September 2017. Before that day I already spent two days in Bremen for the orientation seminar. Zolani, the previous volunteer from South Africa who was volunteering in the Resort, picked my co-volunteer Venice and me up from the seminar. … More my first day…
