Over the last couple of days, I’ve spent my time with this
young girl who was living with just her mom because her dad left them when she
was just a baby. She was amazed by the colour of my hair and immediately wanted
to braid it. We spent the day talking and getting to know each other’s
different lifestyles. She had the biggest smile on her face and had the most
amazing laugh when I couldn’t pronounce their language properly. We taught each
other different games and handshakes and I feel as if she really is a friend.
She started to touch my hand and she said my skin was beautiful and her skin
wasn’t because of the colour. This broke my heart. She was saying how she eats
with her hands and we can eat with cutlery; She thought she was below me. I
then told her no matter what colour your skin is you are beautiful and I am not
better than her and her face lit up. I could feel the love fill her face and
for me being able to make her feel important, made me so honoured and I am so
happy to have been able to connect with her.
Love Molly
When we arrived in the community, the children had already
had their peanut butter and jam sandwich with a cup of tea, for breakfast. They
were all in the life centre and had started their worship. This consisted of
worship songs, reading passages from the bible and most important the sharing
of the benefits they had gained from the Marantha workshops. The care givers and the children shared how
they felt supported by each other, the church and the work that is done at the
life centre. Many of the care givers said how grateful they were for this
support and the fact that they didn’t feel alone anymore. I helped prepare and serve the food for lunch.
Chicken soup, rice and beetroot. After
the children had eaten, tea and biscuits were given out while the team prepared
some activities for the Maranatha workshop. With Floyds help, one of the service
centre workers, we organised sack races, football and we got the children to
put paint on their hands and place their hands onto a piece of paper, we then
wrote their name under their hand prints.
I got everyone to sign my top as
it is a great memory that money couldn’t buy. I connected with most of the children,
especially the older youth leaders. Three lads who worked so hard in the community
with the younger lads, helping them to understand their sins and follow the way
of God. It was sad that I had connected
with these children over the past 3 days and we had to leave.
Love Bobbie
Today was the last day in the second community that we
visited and it has been one of the best
Love Jack
