2 more blog posts

4.17.09
Well we’re now another two days in. 2 days that couldn’t be any more different from the past 3ish months. Pietermartizburg was so relaxed, so tranquil, and so empowering for an introvert like me. Cape Town on the other hand, is beautifully chaotic. Yesterday, our first full day here in our homestays, we headed into a nearby Township to walk around. The township was so amazing to see. After spending a month in Haniville, where there is so much potential, but so little hope, we were blessed to see a township that is on the rise. A township where people look after each other; where people seek the interest of one another. It was pretty rad. After that we headed back to the college, walked around for a little bit, then walked back home.
Walking to and from college is an interesting experience in itself. We’re only a 10-15 minute walk from the school, yet it’s rather sketch. Out of all the places I’ve been so far in South Africa, the only time I’ve felt unsafe at all was yesterday walking home. We’re not even allowed to walk anywhere at night, but even during the day you’ve got to be smart about what you’re doing…it’s kind of cool though to experience this.
Today we had our first Anthropology class. It seems like it’ll be pretty cool – a lot of discussion about what we’re seeing, what we’re experiencing, and how things are impacting us. Reflection’s always good, so we’ll see. Following class, a big group of us headed onto the train to go down into the city. We at lunch, hung out a little market, and enjoyed our time there. Since then, we’ve just arrived back at our homestay, ate some dinner, and relaxed…what our family is all about.
This whole experiencing is transitioning me for coming home, so I’m becoming more excited to see everyone. Hope all is well!

4.19.09 20:04
Hello all! I’m two more days into the Cape Town adventure, and therefore, much to everyone’s surprise, I’ve done two more days of fun stuff…weird how that works.
Yesterday (Saturday), we went up to the infamous table mountain…or tabletop mountain, I can never remember what it’s called. The mountains here are unlike anything I’ve ever seen so I’m super fascinated by them. The weather wasn’t up to par, so when we got there, the fog-engulfed mountain caused about half of the group to opt out of the hike. The other half of us headed right up to the top. It was tough, but so much fun. Once we got up to the top, we were able to imagine what it would have looked like to see the whole city of Cape Town, we at lunch, and we headed back down. While it was disappointing not to see the view, it was totally worth it to get some exercise, enjoy people’s company, and experience the diversity of God’s creation.
Last night a couple of us wanted to go out, so the two other houses near mine and Dave’s headed over and we began planning on getting out of here. We’re beginning to realize that we’re being hosted by the entire senior-citizen community of Cape Town. Therefore, just as much of the older generations throughout this world (I say most because my grandparents are hip) are a little out of the times, so are our hosts. While they are so sweet, and want only what’s best for us, they are convinced that the private taxis, those that are expensive, safe, and made for tourists, are the most dangerous thing that’s ever hit this earth. Therefore, upon not wanting to keep our parents out way past our bedtime, we decided to stay back, watch a movie, and chill. It was sweet, I would rather do the movie thing most of the time anyway so I had no complaints. It was humorous though.
Today, we went to see a comedy show done by a man who dresses up like a girl and ends up looking lot like Mrs. Doubtfire (if you have’t seen that movie DO IT!). Anyway, they guy/girl knows a ton about politics, and his/her entire sketch is funny and very educational. The only problem is that the 3% of his sketch that is done in Afrikaans just happens to be all the punch lines. So we’d be sitting there, following everything, and then he switch to Afrikaans for two sentences, the crowd would bust up laughing, and the 5 tables in front from America would be staring blankly into the eyes. While it was tough not understanding what was going on, I would definitely say that the guy/girl was a high caliber comedian – he knew his stuff.
Other than that, today’s been homework and about to be sleep…I’m super tired. The days are counting down until I’m home, and I gotta say I’m pretty excited!