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Hey these computers don't like me. I can't get my thumb drive to be accepted here. Will try soon - google everything good about Cape Town and you'll see all I've seen.

I went and spent time with the youth of the church last night. It was fun sharing with them and seeing how they teach and how passionate their youth are. It was quite exciting to see. They talked about self-control and the values of it in daily life. Some of the kids shared about recovering from drug usage since coming to church.

I went to the district 6 museum and learned all about the history of Cape Town and the horrible racism that went on here only 50 years ago. They kicked an entire town out (anyone not pure European) and demolished their town and forced them out of the area. They did not use the land for anything even to today, they just didn't want other races near their precious city. There was a guy that lived in the area at the museum and shared his story. It was moving. I also went and saw the musical / play regarding it last evening. It was quite funny, tough and well done. It was interesting to see the different dynamic of the people watching. What I found somber (someone getting shot) the crowd laughed because they knew it so well.

I've been on the Winelands tour all day today with some of the volunteers who were doing wine tastings. I am seeing a number of areas, I pet an adult cheetah today while he purred away and I went to butterfly world where among other things I had monkeys and iguanas on my shoulder.

I returned to Bap for a while and hung out with the kids. They climb all over you and are desperate for love and attention. It is so sad, but I'm glad there are so many volunteers to love on them.

TLC was my favorite visit so far though. We went to visit a lady named Collin who sold her mansion and left a high paying job to start an organization called TLC. She has collected kids from off the street, prostitutes and more. I have awesome pictures and videos from my visit. The kids were so sweet and kind. They sang and had a good time though they had so little. She has started 5 farms for people to live on and share food and land. About 200 kids come from these farms to meet with her where she teaches them sex ed, Christian ed, provides what food she can and loves on them. They adore her. If you want to give to anything please give to this great org! Don and Linda from HFCN gave me some money when I left and I passed it on to TLC. She has no formal funding, but always seems to come up with what she needs for her projects when she needs them. She showed us the church where some kids played a tune for us on their recorders. Then she took us to one of the houses which was certainly tough to see. They have cobble floors and cracks in the walls and roofs, but seem grateful that they have what they have.

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Love and miss you guys!