Hello Again! In the latest news from South Africa, I have now experienced an entire performance/gathering in a language I can't understand, been held hostage, and had a flat tire on one of our vehicles! It has definitely been an eventful few days. The place we are staying continues to amaze me and the people here are SO friendly. Yesterday we spent the entire day at a gathering in the local township for the national holiday "Youth Day" in commemeration of a teenager who was killed in riots of 1976. The entire country here seems to celebrate its holidays and many shops were closed. There were over 900 youth at the program in the township and they did presentations on violence, HIV/AIDs, teen pregnancy, and culture. It was amazing! Even though I couldn't understand anything that was being said, it was still wonderful to watch. The youth were very receptive and paid attention for an extrememly long amount of time (10 am to 4 pm)! It was so cool to watch. After the presentation, we helped to clean up. Due to the complete lack of trashcans in the building, the lunch trash had all simply been thrown on the floor. We swept it into the center of the room before trying to find a way to get it off the floor. When we turned around, the children had already begun to throw it into the trashcan that had been brought into the room with their bare hands. We spent the better part of an hour cleaning the building. It was interesting to watch all the dynamics. As far as being held hostage goes, it was really quite entertaining. Turns out the gas station that we stopped at didn't take credit cards. So after they stopped for gas, one of the adults had to go to the ATM to get cash and they kept the other car of people (myself included) at the gas station until our leader returned with the cash to pay for the gas. :) No need to worry, I am completely fine and enjoying every minute of my time here. The team that I am working with is AWESOME! and we are having a great time getting to know each other. Tomorrow we start the real work with Hope Worldwide1 I will talk to you again soon! Love you all!!!