Day 8 – Saturday Oct.
8th
Today was a free day to explore Cape Town on our own. We didn’t have any scheduled conversations
with leaders. A group of us went to
the heart of Downtown Cape Town to the District 6 museum, which used to be a
Methodist Church. Pastor Peter Story,
who we met with yesterday, used to be the Pastor of the Church. District 6 was one of the communities at
the heart of the Apartheid controversy.
Before 1966 it was a multi-ethnic neighborhood with immigrants from
India, Europe, and several African countries living as neighbors. In February 1966 the regime government moved
all the people to the Cape Flats area about 50 miles away and began tearing
down all the houses and businesses. The
only thing that remained standing were the churches. There was so much protest by the churches
that the Government didn’t dare to destroy them.
Our tour guide at the Museum lived in District 6 with his
family. He was 22 when they were forced
to move. It was a great perspective to
have someone who had lived through the struggle to guide us through the museum.
Later we wandered through an artist market and saw beautiful
hand made arts.
In the afternoon we headed to the airport to fly to
Johannesburg. We will be in
Johannesburg for a couple of days before heading to the Game Preserve to see
some wild animals.
Hope you are having a good weekend. Peace,
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