On Thursday I left for my homestay with a family in Windhoek. So far I've been having a great time, both parents work for the government, their daughter is 14 and their son is my age. They are super nice, and have been trying their very best to cook vegetarian food for me. Saturday the son took me all over town. We ran errands in town center, at the mall, then went to a football game (soccer) and then to a 21sy birthday party (still a big deal here, but not the same kind of 21st you are thinking of!) Then we went to the informal settlements to chexk out the bar he just started with a friend. Essentially its amidst a bunch of shacks, and there isn't running water or sanitation or anything. It is made of the same tin roofing material as the shacks but built slightly better, and is just a tiny one room bar. It was cute and nicer than I expected. I was the only woman there, and the only white person too. But I'm actually starting to get more used to that!
Then sunday we all slept in, did some homework, and went backto the CGE house to go swimming and hang out. Another girl brought her host family for a swim so we all hung out. And one of her host brothers is a 7th day adventist, so we talked about that- turns out they go to church on sundays!! He was thrilled when I told him I'm Jewish, and we talked a lot about it.
Then today I have my internship, I had a friend come to help with the mural but there still were no supplies so we just drew rough drafts for the 5 small murals we will do, and then hung out with the kids!
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