Yeah, fuck this whole “recap” thing I was trying for. I am not organized enough to post often enough to actually do a recap just because I missed a week … especially seeing as I started this whole “recap” thing three weeks ago.
Pastor Joe
Pastor Joseph basically does rounds gathering food from farmers selling at local markets and larger marketing groups which give away some of the extra food they don’t sell. Children are given some form of stew, bread, fruit … probably more food than many of them will see in the majority of the week. The way Pastor Joseph explains it, if you take the time to sit down, talk to the children, talk to their families, get to know their situation properly, there simply isn’t food (not “isn’t enough food”, there just “isn’t food“). The parent’s can’t feed their children.
I’m going to try and continue to go around with Pastor Joseph when I have spare time. I’d like to take this story wherever it goes … I don’t know exactly where that is. I’d like to expand it beyond the soup kitchens and will likely try and use this as a way to get more informed on the actual situation in the townships. Hell, I’ll probably even go to church with Pastor Joseph one of these Sundays, just to get a sense of it all.
For the record: I’m not doing this because I feel I can help these kids, or anyone in this level of poverty. Pastor Joseph does that kind of thing. I do have the occasional moral dilemma about whether or not I should be trying to help with the level of poverty I’ve seen since being here. But that’s not what I do. I just take pictures.
There’s not too much that stuck out during the day - just a good relaxing weekend. For anyone who’s interested (and has access to semi-local South African bands): 
For the record: I’m not implying that this guitar was directly responsible for any of the violence at the end of apartheid, either. Just keepin’ it safe.