Today was our second driving day… We drove through the Free State, Northern Province (middle of nowhere), a little of the Eastern Province, and finally the Western Province to our final destination in Knysna (close to Mossel Bay). The drive was beautiful.
We got in and were invited to the Friday Fair for dinner. Who knew South Africa has fairs just like Columbia City? The place was decked with junkie fair food, picnic benches and lawn chairs, and a man playing interesting renditions of U2, Jason Mraz, Coldplay, and Oasis…
Like everywhere else in South Africa the people here are diverse. There are three main people groups in the Western Province: the white Afrikaaners, colored people (a mix of whites, Malaysians, and blacks- usually speak Afrikaans), and blacks (mostly Xhosa).
Knysna is much more of a first-world tourist location, very different from our normal ministry locations. Here there are beaches, mountains, cliffs that drop off into the ocean… there is wealth, there is tourism, and there is poverty right next door. South Africa is such a diverse country.
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