Archive for July, 2008
Jul
Iraq for Obama
The Iraqi prime minister endorsed Obama for president in the German magazine Der Spiegel. Interesting.
Jul
Dark Knight
I went to the Dark Knight today with Juli. It is a fantastic movie — definitely the best of the summer so far. And I don’t think anything coming out will be able to beat it. I’ll try to do a full review soon…
Jul
Living in Cape Town
Living in Cape Town for three weeks was quite interesting. And we really were living there. We stayed in a rented house (not a hotel, motel or hostel of some sort) and we cleaned (mostly) daily and made all of our own meals. We even got to experience a blackout.
In [...]
Jul
Our First Time in Masi
We got into Cape Town on a Friday evening and after some drama, made it back to the team house around 7 in the evening. The longtermers we were working with (Mike and Kalyn Arndt) had a taco soup dinner waiting for us (which was great!). We spent the rest of the evening [...]
Jul
Penguins!
Jul
The Girls
Jul
The Sky in Cape Town
Jul
The Windy Shack
Jul
Introduction to Masi
As many of you know, I spent most of the month of June in Cape Town, South Africa. We spent the vast majority of our time working in a black township called Masiphumelele (Masi for short). In Masi, 30 to 40 thousand people live in mostly poverty (there are a few nicer places [...]