End of the week update...

Dumela everyone! (Hello/greetings in Setswana)
We've survived until Friday of our first week here. The biggest challenge, so far, has been getting over the jet lag and culture shock and trying to get into the swing of things around here. So last night we ventured out to the "Riverwalk"--a local mall that has no association with a river whatsoever. It is quite the place complete with a movie theater, many clothing stores, and two grocery stores as well as lots of restaurants. We grabbed a few treats at the "fancy" grocery store located behind the clothing at Woolworth's. They have sort of gourmet type foods including jars of sauces, frozen pizzas, and fun biscotti. We enjoyed dinner at the Apache Spur, a South African chain of tex-mex burger joints that resembles Applebees or TGIFridays in the U.S.. The entire place was decorated in the tackiest American Indian style tribal patterns and they even had a fake stained glass window depicting an indian chief. The food was, surprisingly, very mediocre, but we got our fill of grease for the week!
Yesterday, we got to work a bit early for an informal prayer service held by the staff of the clinic every morning. It was an amazing display of song in four-part harmony and prayers that sounded beautiful, although we couldn't understand what they were saying. I was struck by such a display of deep faith by a waiting room packed full of mothers and their children all suffering from HIV.
Today has brought forth some of the challenges of being here...a few tough spots. Nothing that won't improve with time.
More to come soon...hope all is well with you!