Day 1 knocked out!

I decided to jump right on this, because I know what happens when I don't. I got back a half hour ago from a long hot day at Walk in the Light. It's basically a community center-type thing, but they're relocating to a new location. They serve a village, and serve people of all ages (the original draw for me: only site of the 5 that doesn't primarily work with children or teach business principles I don't know). Today, we had the 6 guys begin by cleaning out a closet, and then tidying up the area around a building: destroying weeds, grass, bushes, and the occasional tree. To be completely honest, I think we took care of an amazing amount of work in a short time span. Working outside, with a 15 minute lunch break, we started around 9:45 and worked through 2 or so.
While this was great, it was only because we knew we were helping. There wasn't anything particular fulfilling in an African sense about the work we were doing; there wasn't anything I would travel around the world to do. At around 2, I met a child named Sandili (? We just called him San). He was with Wailana, but Wailana felt guilty about not helping do work, and I was tired of manual labor, so I started playing with him. For the next hour and a half, I played the greatest game of frisbee (with the lid of a bucket), 3 on 2 soccer (this kid is gifted), penalty kicks in soccer, wrestling, a little netball, and even got the "frisbee" thrown at me a couple times. So much fun!
While there are children at AE that absolutely drive me crazy, and I don't want to spend all my time around children, I had a blast playing with this guy.
After that, I spent a good half hour organizing clothing and putting them in bags to hand out at a later date. We didn't finish the job, as there was plenty to do, but we got plenty taken care of and had to leave. It was so hot in that room, but we took care of business while we were in there.
All in all, it was an incredible productive day, but I am disappointed at the lack of contact I had with South Africans. The staff were awesome, but most of them were either from Holland or America. I really enjoyed it, and I've been warned to not be discouraged because we will get to interact with people.
In talking to Ally, someone on staff who is a previous APU student who studied abroad on this trip, I mentioned that I was disappointed that I've been here for 7 weeks but could have been in an isolated area of America because I was dealing mostly with Americans, and never leaving. She said it's normal to feel that way, and that if I really wanted to experience Africa she would be willing to show me some cool places sometime. And I am so interested in getting to see the real Africa, that's really what I'm looking for. So if I become bold enough, then I just may get to experience it!
And today I found out who my RAR is, so I now have a roommate for next semester. Things are just looking great! Now I need a shower, nap, and dinner before I can start the next 6 pages of that Bio paper. Here's to a great day! We still have 13 days on site left!