Day 7

Fruit and Veg
Kadi, Erika, and I woke up early Sunday morning and went to Fruit and Veg (the Lesotho version of Whole Foods). We bought trail mix and fresh juice and then walked several blocks to Pioneer Mall.




Life’s Comfort Solutions
Kadi really wanted to buy jerseys from this store in the mall called Life’s Comfort Solutions. They also sell traditional Basotho blankets which only cost R 90-150 so I definitely want to go back and buy one. Unfortunately they didn’t have the jerseys Kadi wanted but we ended up buying something better-an official Fifa soccer ball to take to the orphanage!


Orphanage
From the mall we took a cab to the orphanage where the children-led church service was just ending. As soon as we walked in, little children ran up to us and wanted to sit in our laps. We sang songs and the leader presented our soccer ball to the kids. The kids loved the ball and were really excited to go outside after church and play! The little ones were really entertained when I took videos of them and played them back on my camera for them. We kicked an old soccer ball around with several kids before Kadi took a taxi back. Then Erika got her nails painted at the local salon where the older girls get their hair done. We played with the little children for another hour before taking a cab back.


Spain vs. Netherlands
We went to the Maseru Sun Hotel to watch the World Cup Final where they projected the game on a big screen. It was packed when we got there and people were going craazyyy, mostly for Spain so we had to cheer for the Netherlands! Erika even decided to be really festive and wear my orange loofa in her hair. So attractive! They lost and I thought I was going to have some permanent hearing damage from all of the vuvuzelas. But it was so exciting to know we were only four hours away from Johannesburg where everything was happening!

Best day so far:)