Aaaand it's week 6!

I can't believe that as of tomorrow I will have been here six weeks--time seemed to drag at first, but now it goes sooo faaast--probably the classes and assignments and finally getting with a local church and cell group meetings and making a friend in the building and all of that stuff. Yes, that's right, a friend in the building complex, AND a church--finally! It's been a busy weekend! ;-)

See, the thing was that Orit was going to be out all weekend and I didn't really want to be out all weekend with her, so I wasn't--I stayed home and did homework and chilled out and watched some DVDs. Only I was trying to find a ride to church and it was like God was closing all of the doors. So on Sunday I walked out to the main road and I see a girl in her early twenties walking around with a bible in her hand. So I asked her for directions to a local church and I ended up going to her church instead, the Main Road church. I really like it--there's a feeling that this is where I'm supposed to be, which is nice, and there are a lot of local college students there. Someone got up during the worship service and said God had told him to tell us that there were some in the audience who felt like this polace was an oasis, only temporary and then they woiyuld go out into the desert. He then said that God wanted the people to know that it was okay to encamp at this church. It's really funny, because that's exactly how I've been feeling lately--I need those connections. I went to the cell group meeting and clicked right away. Praise God!

In other news, I'm headed to Joberg this coming weekend--we leave Thursday on a plane and get back Sunday. It should be a lot of fun--I'm looking foward to the break from Cape Town. It's lovely here, but I'd like a change of scenery, even if to jut be able to appreciate where I am more. It's about that time of the semester. ;-) We'll be visiting the Apartheid museum, the Nelson Mandela museum, the Voortrekker monument, and a few other places as well.

Monday I turned in my last assignment for South African History and Culture, so now that class is DONE! It's very nice to not have to worry about it any more--I can focus on my other classes. Today was the special study on the TRC--we actually had someone who was on the Reparations committee guest lecture! It was really interesting to get that kind of first-person perspective. When she was on the TRC, she worked 16 hour days for three years, collecting peoples testimonies about how they were violated. It sounds really intense--we watched part of "A Long Night's Journey Into Day" which is a documentary featuring for case studies on the TRC. Please, look into it--it conveys a lot of the essence of the TRC much better than I could in written format.

Okay, that's all for now folks! Well, except I had my first experience with making custard this weekend--and it turned out quite nicely! Very tasty too, and I sweetened with stevia. Unfortunately, I think there might be an ingredient that didn't agree with me--mehness. Oh well.

Take care all!