Girls are even obsessed with Justin Bieber in South Africa

Today was our second working day in Delft and it started out the same as the first day but ended completely different. Like before we worked on the gardens and if we are not completely done we are almost done. We weeded and pulled out garbage. The garbage is over powering in the township; chip bags, glass bottles, cans, packaging, etc. Everywhere you look there is garbage and often there are horses and dogs scattered through out the fields of garbage. But we worked very hard as a group and the garden will be ready in time for planting. The second part of the day we got divided up and did home visits. I was with four other girls and we went to a home of foster parents. Only the mother was home, her husband was at work, and she has two daughters of her own and then three other children living with her. One boy who was the youngest at 7 months was put in her home when he was found abandoned at a supermarket, drugged up and almost dead at two weeks old. I held him the majority of the time and I did not see him smile or even change expressions while I was there. He did fall asleep in my arms for about 30 minutes. One of her other foster children that she is only having for a couple more days is around 8 and his mom and sole care taker died in a car accident a couple of weeks ago and they have yet to tell him but he will be told in a couple of days when he goes to his permanent foster parent. The other three children (2 of which are hers) were girls and they were between the ages 11 and 16 and completely fluent in English. The middle girl told us how she loves Justin Bieber and all three of them showed us their spiritual dance they perform at Church. The oldest girl talked about how she would fall over if she ever had the chance to meet Barack Obama. I was the only girl there with blonde hair and the three eldest girls all came up to me and said they love my hair and wanted to touch it. It was wonderful seeing life in the townships. They were all so excited to see us and before long there neighbors and their children came over to the house to talk and play with us. They were all so proud of what they had and were so open to show it with us. We might have a chance to see this family again next week and I really hope that we are able to.