Salani Kahle.

...means "Goodbye" to a group of people.
Since this is probably my last post, I figured it was appropriate, even though I think I've used it before.
Yesterday we laid bricks ALL day which was so tiring, and today we were digging again. The new orphanage will really be built with all of our blood, sweat, tears, joy, and most of all, love.
I don't really have much to say except that leaving here is really difficult, and I know I've said that a million times over already.
I have spent the last week trying to figure out where the time all went. Throughout my trip I had so many ideas of things we could do with kids, patients, other projects etc. I wanted to take the older kids to Wimpy's one day after TaiBo. I wanted to take Mabongi, Zanele, and Namusa outside to hang out in the sun for an afternoon. I wanted to get new matresses for the kids at Agape because the ones they have are sometimes soaked through with urine. I wanted to take Wandele to the doctor to check his hearing and his progress because he seems so slow at times. I wanted to take Angel and Sindisiwe to a movie because they've never gone before. I wanted to really make changes in the way the nurses treat patients at the Dream Centre. I wanted to help Sakhile and Arron take a holiday or get a raise. I wanted to see all the walls go up at the Molweni project. I wanted to see the kids that would be using all the sheets I've been sewing for Lindewe. I wanted to take the Agape kids to the beach just one last time. I wanted to see Sinegugu see her children again. I wanted to see Zanele's children just one more time. I wanted to see more smiles, more children...more love. I wanted to help tear down Agape and see the new building go up. I wanted to see the kids go to England. I wanted to take them to the Dream Centre and have them sing for the patients...
The list could go on forever I suppose. The real point is that no matter how long I was here for, there would always be more to be done. It has been such a beautiful experience, and I'm not quite sure how I'll be able to live in the Western World again.
I thank you all for listening to my random ramblings week after week. I hope that it has helped you realize how incredibly lucky and blessed we all are. I know it has helped me.
For everyone that has written, called, even emailed over the weeks, your support has been incredible, and I may not have made it all the way through without you.
I will be in Toronto from September 16-21 for Surender's wedding. I leave for India on the 21st and won't be back until December 21st.

Sala kahle South Africa. Ngiyabonga kakhula.