[Vorstand] Fwd: PETIENCE PAYS

[Irmela Kuhlen]

Patience pays
            It is now 10 months that I have stayed in Germany away from my
family. I am very glad and happy that my voluntary year I s coming to an
end. It has been a long way for me to reach at this point of time.
Nevertheless, my voluntary year in Germany will be a memorable story to
tell, because this kind of opportunity is rare to find.
            I am now with new family of which I am very happy to stay with
her, she is really a good woman who deserves to be called a mother. It is
now 2 months that I have stayed with her. She taught me how to knit and
right now I am knitting a summer top which I am looking forward to finish
by the end of May. When I changed the family, I thought life was going to
be hard for me since, she is quite old and that she stays alone, but to my
surprise it is the opposite of what I was thinking. Whenever I am with her,
it makes her think I do not get bored or maybe thinking much about home
instead, the life just flows normally like at home in Zambia where I have
siblings and parents who make me busy with talking. She really makes sure
that everything is good with me and for that reason I truly love her
because she makes me to feel at home as it is difficult to get used of the
person you do not know very well, but with her, I have a precious life.
                 Life is good with me though I spend much of the time
working in the hospital of which I feel good, but sometimes it is very
stressful for me because I work more. Nevertheless, I understand because
this is the kind of life I will live for the rest of my life to be working
in the hospital. I am still learning new things in the hospital of are
making more and more to like working in the hospital. During my stay in
Germany I have really enjoyed some things that are happening which we do
not do in Zambia. In February I liked the carnival event, it was my first
time to see it and therefore I really liked it. I am now learning how to
swim of which I am enjoying at the moment though it is quite difficult for
me but I know I will manage it by the end of my stay.
                 I can not believe that I am almost about to go back home,
because it has been a long and tough journey for me. I cried for so many
times whenever I was thinking of the month I will go back home. Therefore I
am very happy that I have just remained with a short period of time for me
to go back home. As the saying goes "Patience pays" I convinced and
encouraged myself when I was troubled much about when I will go back home,
that no matter what  the time for me to go back home will come, therefore I
should be patient. This saying really helped me to overcome homesickness.
                    I thank the EWE organization for introducing this
organization between the Zambians and Germans youths because it has really
helped me to have more interest and experience in what i am intending to do
for my living. I also thank God that I am still in a good health from the
time I came until now. I am happy and glad to report again once more in
about my staying.
                                                             Thank you.
                                                              Edith Nabbili

*For the photos:*
the first is as the hospital
second knitting
the third with her new host mother
the last is carneval
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