4.15.09

Well as I write I’m sitting in my new home, with my new dad Brian, Watching the Man U game. Somehow, but divine intervention and prayer, I’m doing my home stay with Dave….it’s pretty supreme….I’ll get to that a little later though, let me fill you in on the last few days.
Sunday was Easter, as the whole world knows. We went to a Sunday service at a super conservative church, it was fun. Following that, we were able to chill at the beach all day long. Our hotel was right on the East London beach, and boy was it beautiful, especially at night. Being one of the last days we would all be living together, we soaked up our together time…and it was amazing.
Monday brought something new…skydiving at Bloukrans Bungy, a 216 meter bungy jump that holds the world record for highest bungy jump. It was surreal. I’ve been skydiving before, but I personally like bungy jumping more…much more of a rush. It was really funny, I had no nerves prior to the jump at all. I was super pumped, but no nerves…I think that makes me a freak. Anyway, as soon as I jumped all of a sudden my mindset was, ‘dear lord what the heck have I done!?!?’ Within a second I realized what was going on, and was safe. I’ll attach pictures if internet connection allows once I get around to posting this tomorrow, if not I’ll hopefully get it on facebook. The remainder of the day was traveling, and then making it to our stay for the night, which was an awesome place. We didn’t to see much of it during the day, but it was really sweet at night!
Tuesday was our last travel day. We began by heading through Cango caves, which area just what they’re called, caves. Some tight squeezes allowed for some excitement, and overall it was super rad. Following that we headed to an ostrich farm which again, just like it sounds, was an ostrich farm. Ostriches are officially my least favorite animal in the world I think. I just don’t like them, but God calls me to love my enemies so I’m working on that. I’ll never like them though. After another several hours of driving we finally made it to Cape Town. It was an interesting night emotionally. We’re all a little upset about leaving Pietermaritzburg in the first place, so ending up in Cape Town at night kind of threw us all for a loop. Waking up to what we did though was amazing.
Cape Town is the closest thing to America we’ve experienced. A 180 degree turn from what we’ve been living in for the past 2 and a half months. Today they let us loose. We were given a list of 15 places to go / things to do and we spent the next 4 hours walking throughout Cape Town. While exhausting, it was a ton of fun. From there we headed to Cornerstone Christian College, where we’ll be studying, and met our host parents. My host parents are a couple with 2 sons around 40 years old, and 2 granddaughters that are our age. We’re in an awesome house, me and Dave that is, and I think we’ll be spoiled to death. It’s amazing!
Anyway, we’re finally settling in so I’m going to enjoy the company for the next few minutes and then get a good night of sleep for the first time in a while. I don’t know how the whole internet thing is going. I’m just going to keep writing blogs on word and then just posting when I get internet. If it’s tough, then it’s only 3 weeks so whatever. I’ll talk to you all soon. Love.