Celebrity status

I'm feeling a bit like a minor celebrity here in S.A.+am hoping to receive the same treatment when I return to the U.K.!!

Many people here get rather excited to hear we're from England because it's a long way away+is considered the home of Anglican Christianity. It's not rare for people to thank us for coming out here to visit them when we're also trying to thank them for letting us visit! Several people have even asked for photo's of us with them so they can show their friends+family who have never seen before an English person,or in some cases a white person.

And on return from our week in Q'town,we were met with great smiles+shouts of 'George+Dom', often followed by a hug. One student, Nkosi, screeched when he saw us,ran as fast as he could to us+threw his arms around us in a great big hug! It was really a wonderful feeling,+one that is not matched by the reserved English welcome I'm used to.