A couple pictures from the trip. As I relive it 1 week later and 10,000 miles away

young clean faces, on the way to AE for the first time ever!

This kid in the back was playing with that tire in a puddle in Soweto.
First glimpse of South African children in poverty for many of us

The first classroom we went into. People were in love. Look at Leslie's face!

The Apple Bite (or something like that). Our first South Africa dinner,
of knock-off American food

Walking out of the airport!

I envy Colton's sleeping ability, especially on travel days. 30 hours is too long.

The wonderful Chalet 7! Home to some great people and me for 11 weeks

One of the waterfalls in our backyard

A beautiful view from a morning run in the Game Reserve

The dining hall, with the soccer field in the foreground

Gandhi statue. He's a cool guy

Soccer games

First Bio field trip. Awesome.

The first visit to the Indian Ocean ever! Umzinto

Goofy, yet graceful. Awkward, yet sophisticated.

Get Well Soon card. From the Biology class, to Destiny

World Cup Final was held here. Soweto.

The guys chalets (2 on the left)

Luthando. Spoiled brat. No love for that child.

Had to put a picture on here of me with the ball. Gotta love that soccer.

View from the back of the plane

First Bio field trip again

Train stop where Gandhi was removed from the train for his skin color.

The spectators. Cheering for me, obviously

The people on the right? That was our lunch site.

Home of Ethembeni, one of the service sites.

Soccer, but in the morning. Warm day.

Tour of a prison (I really only included this one because I'm in it)

Haniville, with garden tools, protecting the women from the invisible zombies. Of course.

The guys: Tyler, Mitch, Riley, Zach, Derek, Logan, John
Matt, Me, Rowan (SJ's boyfriend), Colton

Walk uphill from the house to Walk in the Light.
Of course, no shirts for PJ or Matt

Pietermaritzburg in the background

One of the nicer houses of Haniville

Walk to the house in Haniville

Crossing the street after 20 minutes of walking to get back to Walk in the Light.
And PJ, ruining an epic picture by putting his shirt on awkwardly.

Logan: "Does this look natural?"

Smileys.

Youth in Haniville at Walk in the Light

Isandlwana. The greatest defeat of the British military in their history in 1879. 

A trash pile. These were everywhere, and often smoldering.
They were legitimately everywhere. We made 2 in the yard of the house we were helping.

Mongolisa (Little Derek Fisher) and Logan.
Love that kid. He's the one who yelled out "Bye Mackenzie!" when we were leaving the last day.  While waving with both hands, the way South Africans do. Pulling on my little heart strings, Derek Fisher!

Logan giving Spay his just desserts.

Every day, we had mints. Every single day in our classrooms. The Mint Imperials were the best.
I'm still saving some.

The house, before we filled the mesh fencing with cinder blocks, and covered it with mud.

Mitch is curling his beard in the mirror of the bus. How could I not finish off with this picture?

So that's just a couple pictures. I'm going through everyone's albums, and picking out the best ones.
These pictures are all courtesy of Riley Sump, the one and only. They are beautiful, and I am grateful for them. Hope you all enjoyed!