Sanibonani! (hello in Zulu)

Hi all, I am sitting in bed with my sweats under the covers...it is COLD. I got an adapter today so I feel like I can post properly without worrying about tying up someone's adapter. Today was another busy day, we started off at a local semi-private school going classroom to classroom in small groups. As you all can imagine I loved that, the kids (grades 8-12) had so many questions and I had lots for them. The one that was most confusing was why the US has states AND a president...I wasn't sure how to answer that one, it doesn't seem to make sense to me either. Another class requested that we sing the national anthem but I wasn't much help there. The best part was being called the Chinese girl and lots of people wanted photos with me. That was a riot...some things never change. (Several 14 year old boys offered to marry me because they said they like Chinese girls). It was great to see a school, because I am really interested in that area and how it might tie into what I end up doing.

After the school we went to Robby's Place, the first restaurant to open in Soweto (which is a big deal because it was a black-only township). We then went to the Hector Pieterson Museum (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Pieterson), which was meaningful to me because I did my presentation on the '76 Soweto Student Uprisings in my Revolutions and Political Violence class last fall. Hector Peterson's sister spoke to us, she is the one next to him in the famous photo, so that was very powerful. It is exciting to see and experience the places I have learnt about, and talk to people that were there. There was lots of beautiful art outside the museum to buy, but I am waiting til I transfer more money. My most important purchase today was an adapter.

Big news for those that I told about my internship...it has arrived! As you can imagine this is great for me. I'm working for Family Hope Services, whose mission is "to restore hope, joy and dignity and bring socio-economic stability to families affected and infected by HIV/AIDS through empowerment and capacity building programs." It's linked to the Namibia Family of God churches, and they "aim to empower and build capacity for disadvantaged orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers" (aka particularly women) HOW PERFECT IS THAT. There are a few different projects I could be doing, but I am going to see what it ends up being. Things always change and aren't what you expect but I am happy it's in my interests. I'm so excited about it. By the way I thought I lost my post because I closed the screen...thank God for auto save.

I have been drinking a lot of African red tea, which I drink a lot anyway but I find it very exciting that I am drinking it in Africa. I keep making this comment, it is probably irritating those I am around all the time :) We drove by the main World Cup stadium today, makes me wish I would be there! There are photos I want to post but the internet is slow, probably because all 25 of us are online at once...

Ok that is all for now...wish I could talk to you all individually!
xx