Time to sport the yellow T

As if typhoid wasn't enough, four days after getting back from Kenya I started getting fevers, chills, body aches, headaches, and a fabulously sore throat. Sickness #3! Tuesday morning Margaret was kind enough to bring me to the Cape Town Medi-Clinic (about 400% times nicer than the Mothers and Children Clinic of Eastleigh, Kenya). Turns out someone on the airplane must have blessed me with a throat infection. Before the fevers started I got a few sickness-free days in and enjoyed a great night out for Sara's birthday at Camp's Bay, a swanky/posh/beachside spot in Cape Town. We all dolled up for the night- See the family below.

Jamison, me, Marg, Julie, T, Sara, Graham

My travels and adventures hit hard, but at long last I am back in good health! This past weekend was spent working. Saturday night was dedicated to helping out at a fundraiser in Llandudno. A fabulous couple (originally from the US) hosted 30 potential funders/people interested in GRS at their gorgeous beach house. 5 of us interns came along to wear the yellow t-shirts, give the 5 minute Grassroot spiel and eat some killer hors-d'oeuvres. The house, location, and guests were all over the top-- in a great way.

Sunday morning we woke up at 7 am and trekked out to Woodstock where we were helping to run water stations for a Fun Walk taking place throughout Cape Town. Again sporting our yellow t-shirts, instead of handing out water to the fierce and furious walkers we spent the morning pouring them cups of Coca Cola. The water hose was broken and Coke sponsors pretty much everything in South Africa, so we busted our butts handing over cups of cola to thousands of sweaty, demanding walkers. One man thought we had given him water and before we could warn him he chucked the contents of the cup straight into his face.... Rough start to a 12k walk.

After an amusing morning (I never realized how funny it is to watch thousands of people speed walking..) we headed out the Football for Hope Centre to meet the US Men's National Soccer Team. Yes. You read correctly. (Photos below courtesy of Jamison Merrill, skilled GRIntern Photographer)

  

 

 

 On Wednesday the US will be taking on South Africa, so the team decided to drop by our center and check out what GRS is all about. Tune in on Wednesday to catch a clip of us cheering from our front row seats at midfield!!!!

Skip through to the middle and you can see me sounding stupid... Good thing my sentences don't even make sense... Rough morning. http://www.ussoccer.com/Multimedia/Media-Center.aspx#/id=65896bbe-0ef9-40ac-a4b3-914411076da2