We went to the Paarl Valley yesterday which is South Africa´s wine country. We visited an Icelandic couple (Kolbeinn Kristinsson and Ruth Gylfadottir) that lives there and spent the day and night with them. Ruth has stared a very impressive non-profit that works with women who give up their babies for adoption called Enza (enza.is). We visited Mbekweni township where she is building a shelter for these women. Construction is under way and the plan is to be able to house 4-5 women at this shelter. There is a lot of unwanted pregnancies here and many women have to give up their children for adoption. Enza will work with the women after they have given birth and are recovering from giving their child away. They will provide support and some job skills training for these women. This is a very novel and worthwhile project and I hope to support it in one way or another in the future.
We then watched the USA and England games at their home switching back and forth. The US team has shown a lot of resiliency in the tournament. They came from behind to tie both England and Slovenia. They did not allow that disallowed goal to have an effect on them going into the Algerian game. The Algerian team was a tough team that played tight so this was a great victory for the US.
In the evening we watched Germany vs. Ghana at the Seitelberg winery in the Paarl Valley. The owner and many of the workers are from Germany and there was a German world cup buffet featuring bratwurst and potato salad. The Germans were lucky to qualify into the round of 16. The match up vs. England should be a great game and so will the game between Ghana and the US. I think the US have a wonderful opportunity to make it into the quarterfinal.
Tonight we´re going to Holland Cameroon. We are seeing Oranje everwhere!
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