Goodbye

The five of us at the airport, saying goodbye to Sarah as she left for her trip to Rwanda. A few hours later, we returned to the airport to drop me off. And that was goodbye to South Africa for me. It's been a great year...

Apartheid Museum

Visiting the Apartheid Museum proved to be a harrowing experience. I heartily recommend against getting lost in Jo'burg in heavy traffic.

In spite of the horrible experience of getting there and back, on this my second visit to the museum, I came away with a stronger sense of all this country has done in coming to terms with the past and the hard work that has and continues to be done to move forward in peace and reconciliation.

Sarah's Birthday

We celebrated Sarah's birthday with a morning hike to Wonderboom Fort, where we had a picnic of birthday cookies, ginger beer, and dry lemon.























































And...we also celebrated by going to a concert at the Blues Room in Jo'burg...

Phinda!

Last year, when I came to South Africa on a 2-week Road Trip, I met both Katie (from Visalia, CA) and Phinda (from Soweto, South Africa). We were the only Road Trippers NOT from Point Loma Nazarene. =) Katie is one of my fellow apprentices this year, and Phinda is thinking about being part of the NC apprenticeship next year. This morning, Arthur and Katie and I drove to Jo'burg to meet Phinda, catch up, and talk a bit about NC. It was so good to see her again!

Jo'burg Art Gallery

This wall caught my eye as we drove to get pastries after wandering through the gallery. I had to take a picture--the peeling paint reminded me so much of the exhibit we went to see--the artist used a lot of layering in his work, and talked about making people think about what is hidden beneath the layers we find around us. Good stuff.

Cricket match

On Friday night, we went to a cricket match in Jo'burg. South Africa vs. Pakistan, and we totally cleaned up. (Can I say "we" when I've only been living here for two weeks?)

I was told by several in our group that this hat suited me. I'm still not sure if that's a compliment or an insult.



Cricket fans...