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The future is beautiful
Me, Hlabirwa and our host for the evening are out eating supper at the restaurant Spur. It´s a very cold summer evening but the Afrikaners still sit with their compulsory shorts barefoot and the African people sit with their 5000 kg meat. They are happy and smiling, as if the problems were none. And maybe […]
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What we really give
It has been a long day, we woke up at 7 o´clock and from 08.00-13.00 it was the confirmation service. We were also a part of the service when we held a short speech for the confirmands. The same confirmands we had held a Swedish confirmation class for two weeks earlier. After the service it […]
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South Africa
I am sitting on the bus from Durban to Johannesburg after some extremely soft vacation days at the coast. The landscape outside varies, half an hour ago it was almost rain forest, now there are far savannahs with lots of cows eating the grass and with a bit luck I can see Impalas, springboks or […]
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Life
You know those times when you get the feeling “how on earth did I got here?” Those moments can be the best ones. When the adrenaline pumps through out your body and it feels a bit exciting in the stomach. I´ve felt that feeling so many times the last one and a half year and […]
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Church-backpacking
Two weeks ago my colleagues and I arrived to an extremely cold South Africa. The first night was extremely cold since there were no heaters and five degrees. Now that day feels like three years ago… So far it has been a church-backpacking journey. Since we left Jo-burg we´ve slept in 8 beds in 10 […]
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Sanibonani
What is the meaning of life? That is a question I´ve spent a lot of time reflecting on during the last year and the answer I´ve found so far could be expressed in one word: experiences. Getting new perspectives and meeting new people is extremely beautiful and so rewarding. That’s the reason why I’m looking […]
Författare: August Nilsson
