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Lucy here.

Today was a really great day. Since we were not able to sleep very well the night before, we got up at around 12. Once we were up, we went to the restaurant and ate some amazing food and tea. I got to eat really good pancakes and bacon and Steve brought my parents some great food, such as ostrich which tasted really good. After we finished eating, we went to River View, which was an informal settlement where the farmers lived. Since I had been there once before, the poverty and sickness was not as surprising for me as it was the rest of my family. Everywhere you looked, you could see how poverty had struck the town. All the houses were about as big as my room and made of wood and tin. Children everywhere, some looked about 2 years old and were wandering the streets alone. This gave us the opportunity to pass out lollypops “sweets” as they call them, one of my favorite parts of going to Africa. I love the look on the children’s faces when we give them something as little as a lollypop. As soon as we got to the town, we went to see the preschool that I had visited two years ago. I was amazed by the progress they had made. Inside the school was another whole building and a brand-new play set. They were also building another building for Frances, the caretaker for the school, to live in so that he could watch over it so it didn’t get robbed as it had previously. He was so nice and thankful for us, because SPC was the main reason that they could continue making the school better. After looking at the school, we decided to look around. We found a child’s birthday party as we were walking around and we gave them all lollypops. The girl was just turning five and we got to celebrate with her! We also saw a lady cooking goat heads.

Yes, goat heads. Apparently they taste pretty good, according to one of the school teachers, Portia. The other cool thing about it was that it was a delivery service, once she finished cooking them, she would deliver them to your house. My dad ended up buying two, once for Portia and one for Frances. After walking around for a while, we decided to go to the elderly home. It actually looked pretty nice, but we didn’t get to see many people because it was a Saturday and they were all out. After a long day, we decided to go back to Hebron. Looking forward to tomorrow!