Tuesday, February 12, 2008

I am here in Africa

Well I made it with all of my luggage. An uneventful 19 hour 2 plane ride trip with 3 movies and lots of reading and a bit of sleeping. I am in Johannesburg and have seen the airport and the hotel. Not safe to walk around a night I am told by the hotel staff and not enough time to go into the city. There is a famous "mall" across the street I am heading for this morning. You all know that shopping is high on my list of the last thing in the world to do.
I leave at 4 this afternoon for Rwanda and Congo. I am very excited about that part of the trip. Seeing the only TDC program in Africa will be very interesting. I hope to leave them with some more tools. I am told that possibly the folks from Uganda will be coming for the training as well.

I just finished reading a book about a young black boys' experience in South Africa duing the apartide. It is pretty eye opening and hard to know that people are treated that way or that whites feel they are so much superior. I think my way of looking at the world will be greatly altered by the end of this trip.

Well that all for now, nothing to exciting till tomorrow.

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