Sunday/Monday Update

Hello friends, family and loved one reading this…

On Sunday, we left Port St. John’s (where our accomodation is) and headed to Seleni (hope I am spelling that correctly). We attended their amazing church service (and felt very welcomed), followed by lunch with the locals and church attenders. We dined on split pea soup and bread. The split pea soup is actually what is served to the children at our soup kitchens. It didn’t taste bad, but for me personally… I was incredibly moved to see, know and now, taste what these little children eat as their only meal every day.

From lunch we headed to a new school and orphan care center that was just built for the village. It wasn’t much of a building but it was A LOT to this community. We dedicated it to Jesus and was a very moving experience for the women who worked so hard to get to this point. Mama Christina is a remarkable woman who is truly going to change Africa.

Church was incredible and is one of the things I remembered from my last trip that I so looked forward to experiencing again on this trip. Music is so important and rich to these people and they sing with victorious praise for quite a long time and rather sporaticly. I am glad I was able to film some it and will share it with you when we return. Just be sure to check the blog here after we get home, as I will post ALL my videos to youtube.

After a long and hot day on Sunday, we headed back down the mountain to Port St. John’s. It was a relaxing evening with dinner, worship and debriefing.

On Monday, we headed to the school where we would begin the HIV/AIDS teaching. The children were incredibly welcoming and eager to hear what we had to say. They of course, like any children in a teaching-setting were quiet. It is amazing and also quite sad to know how many of know what HIV/AIDS is and have been impacted in some way by it.

We head there again tomorrow to review and answer any questions of their’s that today’s discussion may have stirred up. We definitely want to leave them with less questions than before we got there. Please pray that our discussion about Jesus also gets through to these children who are in such search of hope. As well as to just love on these children and their AMAZING teachers. These children are so lucky to have such great teachers who we can tell genuinely care for them. I will relay your comments to the group so please be sure to comment.

Thank you and we love you.

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