Why at all?

As it turned out some where wondering how I came to this and why I am even doing it. To begin with I only have this blog since yesterday and well the complete preparation and application time lies now severel months behind me, you'd bet that I do not remember everything so clear. And a lot of time I really do not have left, especially for the little things. Mum, thanks for the utterly tasty sandwich that you brought me about noon. Without this absolute necessary brain food I would have already fallen off my chair long ago. You are the best :)

Now to my decision to do a voluntary service. As the day comes where every young person stands in front of a wide-ranging branch where he has to decide which way to go, was I just as well standing before that branch right after I finished my German Abitur at Werner-von-Siemens Schule. And I was asking myself:" Now Gregor what next?" and how all great things happen by chance I was having a conversation with one of my old classmates and we were talking about a voluntary service in Africa. After one or two days of reflexion I was totally thrilled. Thereupon followed one thing after another and with my contacts to the scouts here in Germany I was lead to Nangu Thina, where I was heartly accommodated and after some whimping and trembling I finally got the OK form SASA Mbumalanga. After that I went straight into my preperation time, because I had only one and a half month left and that is why a lot of flexibility was required by Jan and me. Jan by the way is the other volunteer who is flying to Johannesburg the same day as I am and we will be living in an apartment-sharing community on a farm. We were even able to participate at an, at least for us, at short hand occuring seminar, which was led by Experiment e.V. (www.experiment-ev.de). How fast everything went is best described when I tell you how and when it happend. It was Thursday the 15th of January I was signing the contract from the DPSG (www.dpsg.de German scouts) and Weltwärts (www.weltwaerts.de) in which all the important aggrements were stated. And then I was asked if I would have time from next week Monday until Sunday. Only one thought came to my mind:" Well sure!" and the other day my driving teacher told me:" Ho, slowly son that won't work." but I was totally convincing at our night drive. I knew I can do it :)

Short insertion:" Seminars are simply abnormal rad!" the people that I got to know at the Experiment e.V. seminar were simply peachy. And at this point I underline it again that I was really sad that I already had to go on Thursday. I would have really loved to see that rap from the winning team of the "Schnitzeljagt".