Sorry for this late post! We didn't have any internet connection the first 3 days until we arrived just an hour ago here in Bloemfontein at the University of the Free State. Soon the conference will begin.

To recap every major thing we've done so far, we've visited:
-The Apartheid Museum
-The Soweto Museum
-Soweto and in particular the town of Kliptown where we met many of its children. A very poor town, but rich in love and in community which was deeply touching.
-The Pilanesburg game reserve! We saw zebras, giraffes, springbok, antelope, elephants within 10 feet of our jeep, lions, warthogs, hippos, and many, many wildebeest! We had a very experienced tour driver who took us on quite an amazing and crazy drive through the park.
-Nelson Mandela's house
-The market downtown
-the Regina Mundi church. It was incredible to actually see the gunshots that policemen shot at student protesters gathered there during the apartheid
-A few malls (which are humongous)
-Desmond Tutu's house
-Hector Pieterson Museum. Here we met Hector Pieterson's sister who recounted the day she lost her 12 year old brother to a gunshot during the student march in Soweto during the apartheid. Her story and pain deeply affected us all.

Pictures will be posted soon. Again sorry for the wait, but we're having the time of our lives! =)

-Kate