Our class at Chapman's Peak
Last year our Evangeline Board agreed we should add an event to class life to broaden the world view of our students, all of whom come from the confines of shack life. Today, in what was a first experience for most of the eleven students, we drove over Chapmans Peak, a magnificent sweep of ocean and mountain in a drive named one of ten most scenic drives in the world, and a must see when one visits Cape Town. I was touched that some of them were terrified of heights but they enjoyed the drive and even ventured out of the taxi to take pictures. Others soaked it all up and made their phone cameras work overtime. After a fish and chips lunch in Hout Bay, we went over to see the work done by men and women who also live in a township and who, under the supervision of Jill Heyes, does the most amazing art work on tea-bags. They were encouraged to see what they could do with imagination, hard work and God's help. Soon, December 3, they will graduate and they are working extremely hard to make the deadline. It will be a well earned time of celebration when they get done.
Our class at Chapman's Peak
Last year our Evangeline Board agreed we should add an event to class life to broaden the world view of our students, all of whom come from the confines of shack life. Today, in what was a first experience for most of the eleven students, we drove over Chapmans Peak, a magnificent sweep of ocean and mountain in a drive named one of ten most scenic drives in the world, and a must see when one visits Cape Town. I was touched that some of them were terrified of heights but they enjoyed the drive and even ventured out of the taxi to take pictures. Others soaked it all up and made their phone cameras work overtime. After a fish and chips lunch in Hout Bay, we went over to see the work done by men and women who also live in a township and who, under the supervision of Jill Heyes, does the most amazing art work on tea-bags. They were encouraged to see what they could do with imagination, hard work and God's help. Soon, December 3, they will graduate and they are working extremely hard to make the deadline. It will be a well earned time of celebration when they get done.
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