After an emotional farewell to friends and family, the 11 members of the Wolgarston Link for Life 2017 Team left the UK Midlands this morning for Heathrow Airport and thier flight to South Africa.Maisy, Sam, Alex, Daisy, Libby & Sophie with Mike, Liz, Mike, Rose and Joe
Follow thier amazing journey here as they visit Hands at Work in Africa who work with local care volunteers to support prphaned and vulnerbale children in some of the neediest communities in Africa. The team will also visit Mercy Air, who fly good and people to remote aprts of southern Africa.
The group will be tweeting from time to time via @WolgarstonSA and there will be other info at the Link for Life facebook page
Please think of and pray for the team and their leaders, also for the communities they will visit and the people they will meet. The team wants to be a blessing to all who they come across and learn about themselves too, whilst discovering more about the work of our charity partners.
A big thank you to all the members of the school community at Wolgarston, to the organsations and individuals who have helped the team raise the funds to go to the local churches who have been such an important part of this project.
We will watch and wait for news of each day's activities and wish you well on your time in Africa... May God bless you and the people you meet.