It's a small world after all

The winds have slowed down in Cape Town and our involvement with various organizations and groups has picked up!

The highlight from January 2 was visiting Africa Jam. This organization is a nonprofit that has established partnerships both in South Africa and the United States. As you may be able to guess, their focus is music! So when we first arrived at Africa Jam's location in the middle of Khayelitsha we were welcomed with several dance performances by the "junior" class (10-14 year olds) and the "senior" class sang two songs for the visitors. The 10 AU Alt Break-ers were there as well as a larger group of volunteers from Minnesota. Other than singing and dancing, Africa Jam provides scripts and acting lessons to the youth. The program is designed to give the youth an energy outlet and form of expression, stronger relationships with God, and opportunities for community involvement.

Then we went to a carnival. Let's just talk for a hot second about how small this world really is. So in Joburg, we met this guy, John, at the hostel. We gave him and his 85-year-old backpacking friend, Herb, a ride to the airport so they could continue their adventures. Well we totally lost track after we boarded the plane and had no intention of keeping in touch BUT as we were walking down the sidewalk on Long Street during the carnival in downtown Cape Town, WE RAN INTO JOHN!!! We all thought it was pretty funny. So that was fun. And then Rebekah found out that Herb lives 3 blocks away from her (give or take) in New York. Small world, right?!

By the way... sorry we have kind of been MIA this past week. It has been BUSY BUSY BUSY. More updates to come!


(Hi, Mom!)