Today is our last day in Bethlehem. This morning half of our team went into Bohlokong and painted a preschool building. It looked beautiful when it was finished. The other half of us (all guys) went to the Bombalela in Bohlokong and tried to dig a hole for an eventual toilet. It was about 6 feet across and it needed to be two meters deep. The first half meter was rather easy, but after that the hard red clay and rock began to really slow us down. The wind was also howling and making it difficult to see with all the sand and dirt blowing around. We had fun taking turns digging, while we talked with our African friends from the YWAM base. But I must confess that I couldn't wait to be done and leaving. Eventually we went back to the base, cleaned up, loaded the vehicles and got on our way. It is about a four hour drive back to Johannesburg. The drive was scary, as the wind was blowing fiercely, and our little van and trailer were swerving all over the place. We were quite crammed in the vehicle - it was one of the worst drives ever for many of us. But we did finally arrive. We stayed the night at a bed and breakfast that was amazing - it was called Le Chateau. It was super fancy, quite a stark contrast to our lodging for the last two weeks. We stayed for free as the owner is a friend of YWAM and our directors. We went out to dinner at a local mall and had some great food! I had BBQ chicken skewers and absolutely loved it.
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