August 2

Going to "work" was pretty uneventful. I talked with my professor in Dallas (through email, we are going to talk on the phone tomorrow) and some people here about the limitations I have with my study, due to time, contacts, safety (I wonder the extent of this issue), etc. I was able to talk to a few teachers about the abstinence program.
Have I mentioned yet about the sweet tea? Janet is so great, because she knew sweet tea is big where I am from, she made some (even though not many people like it here) because she knew I would like it. She is a great example of a servant, always doing things for others.
On the way home, Bev took me by this big country club and housing development called Camelot. There is a chapel there for weddings in the shape of a castle. If I were to live in this town, that is where I would want to live! It is a huge gated community, but there aren't individual gates for each house (unlike houses here on normal streets). So it is more like an American neighbourhood, where you have plenty of room to walk out of your front door and go on a couple miles walk or run without worrying about being attacked or run over by a com-vee (taxi van).
When I got home I jumped rope for about 30 minutes because I was desperate for exercise.
After dinner, Janet and I watched the South African news. This is one of the coldest, wettest, snowiest winters South Africa has had in years. Luckily, that isn't affecting us because we are so close to the coast and we get warm winds off the Indian Ocean (or something like that), so it is always perfect weather here (good thing since my warmest clothes wouldn’t help me if it was snowing). After watching the news, Janet showed me some picture albums of her families' trip to Egypt and India (their oldest, Paul, married an Indian girl). It made me excited to go to Egypt and I'm not sure what I think about whether or not I would want to go to India. Also, Neal called and we made plans for the weekend- so it looks like I'll be going down the coast- which I'm pretty excited about.
I am staying in Johanna’s (their oldest daughter, 24) old room, and I found Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, in her bookshelf. I started reading it a few days ago- it is really good, I recommend it!