August 15

Today this very nice lady from Honduras I met at Alpha picked me up and took me to a hospice in Durban. This Indian-run hospice goes into the local township to help HIV/AIDS patients. I went with them on their visit. It was probably the most eye-opening experience since I've been here- worse than in the Valley. The houses were smaller and more crowded and garbage was all over the place. We visited a lady with HIV whose sister just died of AIDS so she has to take care of her sister's and her own kids (5 total, under age 10ish). The kids were so cute of course and I enjoyed playing with then, but it was pretty sad to see their life. It was helpful to my research to get a different perspective from people who regularly work with AIDS patients.
Then I treated my "driver" to lunch and she dropped me off at home. I ran the hill 10x again, showered, and tried to get organized for leaving. Around 5, Neill came and picked me up and then James and we went to the Pavillion (mall and movie theatre) and met Charlene and two other people I haven't mentioned before that they are friends with. We watched Pirates of the Carribean II (finally). Then we decided to go over to Neill and Charlene's house (for tea). We ended up staying up talking until past midnight (Charlene went to bed early). I have to go into the office before 8 am, so I will be so tired, but, as my last time to hand out with everyone, it's worth it.