Four hula hoops, one jump rope, and a soccer ball

I don't know if I told everyone or not, but the World Cup completely disrupted my volunteer plans!  Not that I don't love soccer, but I was really looking forward to working in an educational setting here in South Africa.  Anyway, because of World Cup, all of the school children are on holiday from school.  Soooooooo, that threw a huge monkey wrench in my plans.  Today I worked with an organization called Safeline that was running a holiday camp for the township kids.  I, along with another CCS volunteer, had a group of about 15 3, 4, and 5 year olds from 9am until 1:00.  The title of my post is what we had to entertain them with.  It was hard work, let me tell you.  The kids were VERY active, but so sweet and practically starving for attention.  They would just grab onto me and refuse to let go.  The language barrier is a bit of a problem. Most of the little ones speak mostly Afrikaans, but they did understand some English.  I was glad that Payne used to sing the Justin Bieber song, "Baby," because we found a connection there - seriously!  We sang it together.  I will be seeing the kids again tomorrow, and I found bubbles and balloons in the CCS supply closet to take with me - woohoo!  We also have Afrikaans classes tomorrow afternoon, so I will fill you guys in on everything I learn - I'm sure I'll be amazing.  Kidding, but I'll do my best.