Amazing weekend!

I went to Capetown this weekend and it was a great weekend. I saw the most beautiful things that I have ever seen. I saw the sun reflecting onto the Ocean in what appeared to be an endless line the width of 2 ocean liners. I saw the Ocean, infinately large, and where thewaves begin and where they end, crashing onto the massive rocks. The rocks along the ocean were a deep brown, as in the pictures Oma paints. The ocean was bright blue and the mountains that towered over the ocean looked perfect. I was overwhelmed by the beauty that I saw this weekend. We weren't able toclimb table mountain on Friday because of the weather, so we went on a half day wine tour, then to a fancy dinner (which was actually about $15$) and then around town. Saturday we went on a cape point tour, which was perfect. We saw penguins, went biking through the most beautiful surroundings I could have ever pictured, had a picnic lunch after chasing away baboons (literally!!) and then went on hikes in the cape point area. The cape point areah has mountainous areas where we were hiking. You can see both the Indian and the Atlantic Ocean from the area (although you can only tell the oceans apart by the temperature) and the hiking was a GREAT workout. We had dinner at a pub and then went to bed early. Sunday we went to Robben Island, which is where many political prisioners, including Nelson Mandela, were held up until 1990. After that, we went to table mountain and took acable car up and down. This is where I saw the ocean and all the beauty it posesses. It really was a spectacular weekend. The weekend also involved a lot of challenge, which I won't get into too much. There were 4 girls travelling and I think the most important thing that I took away from this weekend is what is most important to me. I was driven to keep patient, understanding, and self-sacrificing because of my desire to be an example of Christian character. I'm sure there were moments where I did not please God, but I know that there were many moments when I connected with Him, praying for the virtues that I know only He can give. I am so thankful that I have learned how to pray for disipline and self control, so that I can get through many situations with prayer. I hope that I can continue to grow this way. I felt like every minute was significant when I was trying to do God's will. Not His will for my life, or even for the summer, but His will for each moment.... it was very refreshing. Today we were shadowing doctors and there was a moment when I got very frustrated about one of my colleagues... it made me feel rotten that I was frustrated, but now it makes me feel good that I could at least recognize that negative feeling as something that I need to protect myself from.
Yesterday I was sick and I couldn't go to clinic. I was disappointed, but after a string of unfortunate events, I had come accross a BAD DAY. Just your ordinary bad day, but I didn't have anyone to hug!! Luckily it passed after a short while, after calling my parents, and praying for peace... but it makes you miss being able to have a big hug at any time you want!
This morning we were at Keto Manour clinic, which is supposed tobe a MTCT clinic, but it was awful. There was really nothing for us to do. I was able to go outside and help give polio vaccines, which was fun for the half hour that people were there... but once everyone had been given the oral vaccine, there was nothing left to do. We visited psychiatry, but soon after, they went for tea and never came back. Luckily, we were able to get transferred to another clinic, a tertiary care centre, where I saw a urologist in a consultation and also watched a bone marrow biopsy. It wasn't overly exciting, but I was so happy to at least be able to watch SOMETHING. I'm happy that we made the contact with the urologists because they invited us to watch them in surgery tomorrow at a different clinic :) Tomorrow will be the last day in clinic because Thursday we are going on a tour of a pollution centre and Friday we have a wrap up meeting. I hope that tomorrow will be a good last day!!
Today, if you can pray for our drivers... it may sound strange, but we have had 3 drivers:Krean, AJ, and Shane. They are awesome. AJ has gone out of his way to drive us around and make sure we have a good time. He actually was the one that organized our weekend at the Game reserve and he is the one that makes sure we have a safe ride home. Shane is a Christian and he will be reading The Purpose Driven Life (I think he started today actually!), so we can all pray for him too. I don't know why I thought of that, but I feel especially grateful to all of them now, and they could use God's blessing!