I have made it to South Africa, currently I am at Project Gateway in Pietermaritzburg. It is the location for the MCC office for South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. We, the SALTers, are going to be staying here for a week to have some specific in-country training. We are going to have a fairly relaxed few days at first and then we will start getting into the information parts.
Our flights to South Africa were quite uneventful, we did not miss any flight and most of them got in early. The flights were long, 18 hours on one plane was kind of annoying but we got through it. It was nice that there were empty seats near us and we were able to spread out. We a short layover in Jo-burg, which was nice break from the planes. Our last flight we were given a snack, and it was quite nice. Unlike in North America the snack was wonderful. It was a wrap with veggies and meat and a small cup of mousse. It was called a "Snack Meal".
Project Gateway is an interesting church based non-profit organization, which is supported and controlled by the local community churches. It is based in an old historical jail. Yup I am currently staying in a jail. The jail buildings have renovated and it is now a very nice location. There is a computer literacy center to teach people basic computer skills, a SALTer named Jesse is going to be working with that part.
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