exchanging experiences

Hello,
I’m Christina and I’m working for Educo Germany for almost five years. Since the middle of the year 2007 I’m happy to work at Educo Germany in a fulltime job. My German colleagues and Educo Africa made it possible to stay at Educo Africa for six weeks and I'm very thankful to stay here. I arrived two weeks ago and the first course lies behind me.
You may ask yourself ‘Why is she in Africa and what is she doing there?’
One of the reasons is to share the experiences in our similar and different work with youth in the nature. Learning from and with others is one of the most beautiful kind to learn and understand. Except from all the work stuff there is also a private interest and a beautiful nearly unbelievable story. When I was three years old I got the chance getting to know a wonderful woman from Umlazi (near Durban). She visited our parish and stayed at our house for two weeks. I remember that we both weren't able to speak the same speech but we understand each other very well. She wanted to come again but this happened nearly twenty years later. It was amazing and the feeling isn't still describable. Since that time there seems to be a deep love and connection to the South African country and the people who are living there. This woman was one of the most important human in my live and maybe I'm able to give that love she gave me back to others - of course I'm still interested in getting to know more about the African culture.
The first course and the time together in the office of Educo Africa show me every day again how valuable and wonderful the work of Educo Africa is. It's great to be around those lovely persons, to work and laugh together.
I'm really looking forward to the next weeks and I would be happy to write about more stories from the courses or the office later.
Lovely greetings,
Christina