Our day started with ...
Worship at Mafambisa Care Point (the song is 'wa hamba nati' which means 'He walks with us'
Jesse and Lucy take over the story and write about our second day in Mafambisa...
Jesse writes...
(Names changed*)
Today I went on a holy home visit into the community and we met the most inspiring people ever. If you would, I would like to tell you the story of Kathrin*. Kathrin was only 15 when she moved to the community from Mozambique. She found a nice bit of land and settled down at the age of 18, when she found out she was pregnant with a boy named Johnathan*. She then started to allow other kids, who need the help of someone, to move in with her and now there are 5 of them all together - 4 of them live in one room and another a boy named Blessing* who lived next door to them in a shack. Whilst we were there we found out that there was a girl called Precious* who didn’t help at all in the house, or go to school, and when she did go to school she didn’t want to learn. Than we got told that Kathrin’s house had a really bad problem with leaks and it would cost her a lot to fix it. Kathrin also got talking to us about Blessing and later in the day I found him at the care point. I said hello he was very polite and spoke fluent English. He told me that he didn’t want to waste this opportunity that he has and wants to do well in school so he tries hard. He tells me that he keeps getting told about all the jobs he can get such as being a pilot and being a business man. Thank you for reading Kathrin and Blessing’s story.-Jesse
Lucy writes...
I also went on a holy home visit today to visit a lady named Sally*, who came over from Mozambique in 2007. She told us how grateful she is for the rain they have had recently as it means they do not need to go down to the nearby river to collect water. As a part time worker, (she and her husband have no documentation), she only earns about 100 rand (about £5) a day and only works when the weather permits it - usually only a few times a week. Her water costs 25 rand (£1.25) making this a large chunk of her wage; this buys a 25 litre barrel of water that will last about a week and is only drinking water – any other water must come from the river. She has 5 children that she looks after named, Theo*, Thomas*, Sophie*, Joe* and Amelia*. The twins Theo and Thomas both have the legal documentation they need, but the others need to work out what they need to be able to get the right documentation. Because of this Joe, who dreams of being a teacher, could not pass his grade in school last year due to no documentation and not having the right access to help him to pass his grade. He feels he can no longer follow his dream of being a teacher, so we prayed that one day an opportunity will open up for him to pursue his dream and that he can get his documentation to apply to college.-Lucy
Back at the care point children began to arrive. We began to play catch with them by throwing a football around under the shelter, this brought lots of big smiles to all our faces. Before eating the children prayed by singing. Some of us helped to serve the pap, stew and cooked cabbage to all of the children before trying it ourselves. After eating we played lots of fun games with the children and some of the care-workers got involved and helped to lead the games.
