A New Volunteer

Today we met and welcomed a new addition to the volunteer family. Tammy is a school teacher from the UK (mind you she was born and raised South African) and has taken leave for the next 6 months to volunteer at Living Hope, joining the team of Life Skills Educators. God’s timing is perfect, as the team needed another person to help fill gaps in certain areas. We know that she will do this and more!

Volunteer Braai

We invited all the international volunteers over to a BBQ – known as a ‘braai’ here. We are excited to start using our home as a ministry itself. It’s one of the main reasons we know we’ve been blessed with a house, and one larger than we need as a couple. I was personally excited to test out the built-in braai grill for the first time. It was a great time of getting to know each other better outside of daytime work hours – and the first of many to come, I’ll be sure of that!

Returnee

We are privileged to welcome back a dear Living Hope friend. Myrtle lives in Canada but will be living here for the next 6 months to volunteer in multiple areas including Living Grace (Living Hope’s ministry to the homeless) and CCFM, the local Christian radio station. Welcome back Myrtle!

Saying Farewell

We say farewell to the team from Tennessee today who has been working in all of our 6 communities to facilitate Holiday Clubs this past week. They did a phenomenal job at not only teaching the kids about God’s plan and love for their lives and by encouraging the Life Skills Educators. The most memorable part of this week was the parents night on Thursday – the Life Skills Educators invited the parents to come and see what their kids have been upto during the week. A few emotions from that: 1) I wanted to cry to see the sadness in some the kids faces when their parents didn’t show up – out of the 80 or so kids there, only about 25 parents came; 2) The pride in the parents who did come’s faces when they saw their kids performing these songs and dances also moved me to a tear; and 3) and then seeing the way the Life Skills Educators were encouraged and inspired this past week made me want to do this all over again! Thank you guys for what you did for us here this past week!