Hello again everyone,
I am now sitting in the basement of Howick Community Church where every Friday we have time to relax, get onto skype and the internet and also get together as a team to chat things over and pray before we help out with the youth in the church at 5 o clock.
Yesterday we met up with a team of volunteers from Ethembeni who go out into the community of Mpophomeni and another township up in the hills to give out food packages and meet with the families to talk, pray and read the bible together. This time I was with an English speaking lady and a lovely Zulu lady who translated for us which meant that the language was not such a issue. The living conditions are shocking, many live in houses that consist of between one and three rooms with often over five people to a house which are so dirty and make houses back home look like millionaire mansions. I have met some amazing people with incredible stories. We visited a Mum with triplets who, when Ethembeni first met them, just over a year ago, they were starving, barely breathing but now they are three bouncing, smiling children full of life and one of them proudly counting from one to five! We also met a grandmother who is 101 years old and just given her life to Jesus, its incredible!!
To give you an idea of what the area is like here, it is totally normal for goats, cows and chickens and children to wander all over the road. Transport is...interesting! There are a limited number of vehicles and people make seats in the back of a truck using old mattresses to sit on and then leave the boot open for air!
I have been here for under a week but I already love this country. There are so many people who are living in poverty but their joy and hope in Jesus is infectious. It is taking me a while to adjust to the life here and I am missing home but I know that these are going to be an emotional but eye opening three months,
Lots of love to you all xxx
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