Week 1

Hello everyone! Sorry we haven't been able to post for a while. We've had some late nights and limited access to the internet, so we didn't find time until now. Here is a summary of the first couple of days this week and then some other members of the team will post later in more detail.

Sunday: We went to an Afrikaans church service so we actually couldn't understand what they were saying! Casper helped us translate the message, though, so that was helpful. Then we had a nice big lunch with some of Casper's family coming to visit and then relaxed the rest of the day.

Monday: We got up and went to the farm that Casper grew up on and saw where his mom works. Then we headed in to Cape Town and got to see the beautiful coast. We all enjoyed a wonderful lunch of fish and chips that we had been craving. Then we headed in to Stellenbosch and finally to "Die Eiland" (The Island), where we are staying for our time here. Casper and I went back into town for a conference meeting, while everyone else enjoyed having the place all to themselves with a vacant pool table to play some Skittles - a crazy game that is too confusing to explain in text, but is very fun and addicting! That's all for now... we'll try to post soon.

~Ashley~