Finally a picture of my host dad, Randall! This isn't the best picture of him obviously, but it'll do for now. The photo was taken on Saturday when we all, most Bethel students and my host family, went to an outdoor concert in Kirstenbosch. The Soweto String Quartet played some amazing music for us! The diversely mixed crowd of all colors and ages was all dancing by the end of the show!
The NEWLY engaged couple- Allison and Mike! This is a picture of them from a pull-off over looking Camp's Bay. They rented a cottage in Camp's Bay for the week, which is where Mike proposed to her!



It’s official- I am finished with my 4 classes, 17 papers, and 115 pages of writing in 7 weeks. Friday I finished my Truth and Reconciliation Commission research paper on forgiveness at 12:00 PM so I rewarded myself by going to Fish Hoek beach with Becca for the afternoon! It was an amazing feeling to know that I won’t have to be doing an more “work” while I’m here, that is, except my task of continuing to learn more about South African culture which will not be difficult at all.

This coming week we have the freedom to do whatever we please, as we have nothing officially scheduled until April 7th which is when we leave for the Eastern Cape. So with this week being free, a couple of us had the amazing idea to find a way to take a small trip somewhere! Though the details are not set at all yet, we’re planning on going to a place called Hermanes for a couple of days! We’ve heard it’s a beautiful place where you can see lots of whales roaming the waters, plus just a simply all-around gorgeous area to spend a few days in! So hopefully the details will come together in the next few days!

They’re engaged! Yes, in case you didn’t know, Allison Beatty and Mike Maynard got engaged this past week. Allison, one of the Bethel students whom I’ve grown to love so much while being here, had her boyfriend/now fiancé Mike come to visit her for a week in Cape Town. We all knew that there would be the possibility of him proposing when he came, but as the time came near for him to come Allison gave it a 60% NO/40% YES chance that he would ask. Well Mike showed up last Saturday and proposed on Wednesday night to Allison in their cottage in Camp’s Bay! We’re so excited for them! CONGRATS!