We had the hot sun beating down on us as we put our sweat and blood into the painting of our “welcome!!!” banners. But it was definatley worth while =] Lollie and I shared many good laughs as we painted Yani’s little hands and feet to beautify the banners =]

While we were slogging away painting , The rest of the girls and Pascal made a trip to Everlasting which got us all very excited… A trip to Durban = good chance of getting Johnnies Chip and Cheese Rotis for lunch. this is definitely a huge favourite amongst the office! you have not lived without one…

But this trip took much longer than we thought. The team of shoppers left at approximately 12 o’clock… and arrived back at the church at 10 past 3! This delay lead to our team depriving our moaning tummies, of incredibly good food, for 2 hours longer than our usual lunch time. But it was all in the name of love =] equipping us for the BiG and FuN day ahead.

EvErLaStInG brought on much fun. The team bought RAD things (red noses,party hats, face paint and funky party blowers) to make us look like the bright and silly clowns that we are.

FuN! fUn! FuN!

Alarms went off and the day had arrived. The new ‘BIG school for little kids’ was about to be changed for life… we had to be at the pre-school at a quarter to 7 (which is the average time us YOYLies wake up) and get the place ready =] We blew up balloons… alot of them.. 120 of them… and set up banners. The best part of it all was dressing up and painting the little light’s faces =] Pete came up with some rather arb ideas to paint on the kid’s faces… we did not show them what they looked like in the mirror.

all in all it was a beautiful day filled with excitement and happy times. from preparation, to dressing up,painting faces  and to hiding Easter eggs… every moment involved a smile and many laughs.

YaY to the new little lights school =]

Since we are all special and unique, we all participate in different activities that we enjoy most. So far only drama, table tennis and choir have been the activities we’ve undertaken. But it’s only the beginning…as we are wanting to do so much more, like music lessons and more sports activities. We are wanting to inspire the children to partake in various activities that they are passionate about, as well as building good strong relationships with the children there.

Many of the kids seem to enjoy hearing us attempt to speak zulu. There have been many moments where neither us nor them know what the other is saying!! Fun times! But even through the language barrier we are still able to build friendships with them…which is great!!

Stare at this space and await for new things to come

Author: Mono

Finally that day had come where the fate of the team yoyo had to be realised. No one knew when it would come except “The Man…” Michael Mills codenamed Mike. We got told by our trusted leader Pascal Marot that it was a big surprise and indeed it was a big surprise. It was one that would make us weak in the knees and yes that surprise was flattery(flat on our faces that was…). Our surprise was a predator… an enemy to society. Even when it was an enemy to society, nature embraced and took it in even when we rejected it. Mike Mills the compassionate “Man” didn’t like the idea of rejection so he decided that it needed to be cleansed of all its infirmities and potential diseases which nature gladly embraced and used for the good of the society. Many will refer to it as the black box that holds all of man’s dirt and waste but I call it Zorbie AKA Zorbit Environmental. This is a grease trap that holds all of the grease that comes from washing dishes and etc. By the way just in case you were wondering, we cleaned it. It smells like the kind of deodorant that a sewage pipe would wear but the only difference is that it’s a diluted smell.

Author – Peter Puata

The team were all smiles (bearing in mind that zorbie still lay dormant, bottom right...)

As they lifted the lid off pandora's box, the atmosphere changed immediately (this is clearly seen by the expression on thier faces...)

They came, they saw..... and they passed out cold!

A quick round of smelling salts & a few therapy sessions later, they were ready to conquer their inner demon & its filthy stench

Some serious inner Warefaring and tongues going on here!!

Here comes the muscle, Bicep 1&2 at your service!

Toxic liquid disposed of, gotta hurry or I'm gonna be late for my greenpeace meeting.....

So as I was saying… Soccer was the game and being dramatic was defiantly not lame. From lying rolling on the floor and screaming when kicking the ball. Oh and we cant forget the sweating and bleeding nose ( Michael and Peter), yes we went ALL OUT, we play with full force, so beware to challenge us…

If that don’t make us “mean and lean” the quick and easy 10 kilometer run is guaranteed. Okay so maybe a bit of an exaggeration so….. minus 8 kilometers from that and you’ll get….. Well… we’re running that’s the point. And we’re thoroughly enjoying it.

Swimming is also included in. though I cant yet say we have done it but we are sure to get there and when we do… Dum Dum Dum (drum roll) we’ll be ending this year with muscles of steel.

So not only are we equipping ourselves with the word of God but it feels like we preparing ourselves for a marathon too… Then again we are the “LEAN MEAN YOYL TEAMING MACHINE”

Author: Laurel Grstmeier

(Word from the editor: ‘Team awesome did in fact emerge victorious against all odds!! However team supreme put up a valiant effort, alas it was just not thier day to shine….‘)

GrantsCake

Day 2 of YOYL and the media guy at VFC had a birthday. Being a crazy sort of guy who loves T-Rex dinosaurs, the YOYL team had to come up with a creative cake. Which they did, and tasty as well. Grant was overwhelmed and loved posing for photos next to his treasured cake. Good times.

It has only been two days so far and it would seem like the team is starting to settle into the office and enjoy themselves. Well at least from my outside perspective, but the YOYL guys will be posting soon with their own ideas so we can see then.

For now that is a wrap from me.

Jamie