South Africa

What a full time I am having here in Capetown. I came to do some planning with my International Discipleship Training School Centre (IDTSC) leaders, Maureen Menard and Patti Lee, as well as assist and participate in a 10 day course on the Gospel of John. While here I have jumped into some local outreach into a township called Masiphumelele. Interacting with the children has been a joy. At one point our group was helping a woman rebuild her "shack". I made some muffins to encourage the workers and pass out to anyone else hanging around. When we arrived we gave some muffins to a few children and within 2 minutes we had about 10 children eager to have a muffin! I had such a great time playing games with the children while the adults hammered away building the shack. The stories and experiences of these children's lives can be horrific. It was such a blessing to encourage them to play, to laugh with them and just to love on them. At any one time I had 3-4 children hanging all over me!

We have started the John course, 16 of us total, all meeting in Maureen's living room!
Already it has been a rich time of diving deep into the Scriptures, and we have just begun!

A side note to anyone who is interested - yes, I have seen some baboons - unfortunately the day they came into the nighborhood and got into everyone's trash bins - I was out and missed all the action - one day I want to be at the house when they come, but for now, I have only seen them on the side of the road down by Cape Point !