It began this morning (as many days do), and the students at LEAP 3 had the opportunity to showcase the work that they had completed during the past week of activities and workshops. [Check out this video of one of the poems performed.] I felt so different at the end of the week, looking out across the "sea" of faces. Now, they have names. Now, they have stories. I was proud to know the students of LEAP 3 in some kind of intimate way, even if it was just a little line I know about their grandfather, who fought in the apartheid struggle, or about an uncle who went to America to become a director, or a part of the stomach that her family doesn't eat because it would make you go crazy.
I smiled to know them now.
This week culminated my official time at LEAP 3, as well. Next week, I will be fully positioned at LEAP 4 in Diepsloot. The kids at LEAP 3 were bummed, and I didn't realize it until today, but so am I, even as I am excited to work with the LEAP 4 students.
In the afternoon, we went to Greenstone and watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2! I cried twice. It was so intense. I love those movies. I wish that we'd gotten to see it on Wednesday when it came out (it came out 2 days earlier in South Africa), but that would've been only for bragging rights. As it was, Saturday after the showcase was the perfect time to watch it. I felt like I was seizing the opportunity afforded by Saturday.
After the movie, we speed-shopped like on Supermarket Sweep, then we got lattes at a cafe in the mall, and then I bought five CDs to accompany my journey to Diepsloot all this week!
Oh, yeah, and we also culminated our time with Wendy at Moyo, with an intimate program reflection in the cozy outdoor space with blankets & drinks. We will miss her so much! It's hard to imagine Joburg without her. Wendy made us get our faces painted. :)
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