Friday, October 28, 2011
Friday the team went to the Hillcrest Aids Center where they were blessed to hear the story of this incredible hope filled facility. This treatment center supports individuals and their families with this debilitating disease. It gives hope for these individuals as well as giving them skills training. These skills allow the individuals to earn a living. They create beaded jewelry, wired animals, wall hangings, pottery, clothing, and more. The team took the opportunity to purchase items from the store on site. The funds from the store go directly to the individuals that created the craft. They can support themselves and their family. What a blessing.
Then the team went to the Samungu Church. This is the Church that was dedicated this past July. The leader of the team was at the dedication in July, so she saw familiar faces. Without a doubt this church has the most spectacular valley view of any church we have seen in South Africa, and South Africa has many gorgeous views.
They came home and started packing for the next leg of their trip. Saturday morning they will leave around 6:30 am to take a plane to Johannesburg. Saturday they will go to the Pilansberg Game Park for a day and night safari. Sunday they will leave Pilansberg and return to Johannesburg. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday they take a Soweto Tour and see a squatter camp; then on to the Hector Pieterson and Apartheid Museums and the Cradle of Human Kind. Tuesday night they will be on their way back home in the states.
This will be the last communication from the team until they return home.
Please continue praying for the team and those they encounter.
Blessings,