Today is former South African President Nelson Mandela’s 94th
birthday. Happy Birthday to a historic and wonderful man, leader, and
humanitarian! To honor him we at Global Challenge Expeditions held a “Madiba
Market”. Madiba is Mandela’s Xhosa name. The kids from Global’s high school
(GLA) handed out “Madiba bucks” in the townships, and the people could bring
their “Madiba bucks” to our little stations that were scattered all throughout
the townships, and they could exchange each ticket for one item of– either
clothing, soup with bread, cake, oranges, a blanket, etc…. They had several tickets each to spend.
We had so much fun.
Several of us made big pots of soup (I made chicken and rice soup), as
it is our winter here and pretty chilly. Emi was a great helper too, and she
enjoyed yelling “Happy Madiba Day” as she handed out rolls while mommy handed
out soup.
Just wanted to give you a glimpse of what went on today. It
was really an honor to be a part of it all. Thank you guys for making it
possible for us to do things like this. You will someday be rewarded for every
single seed you’ve also sewn into us, as we are your hands on the ground here! Here are a few pics from today.
We love you lots,
Jodi
….. I haven’t forgotten PART 2 of my other Blog. There are
just a couple of details I need to take care of and then I will tell you the
whole GREAT story J
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