Thursday

On Thursday four members of the team went to the Langa Corps and repainted the hall the children worship in. It was a lot of work, but as you can see by the before and after shots below, it was well worth it. A major concern in this Corps is that the current leader in-charge is leaving in 6 short weeks to be with her husband who took a job in Mozambique. This will leave the Langa Corps without a leader and with walls bursting with children, it would be a devastating loss to have to close. Please pray for the Langa Corps - that a leader would be found so the ministry there can continue.

While at the Langa Corps we discovered a “restaurant” across the street that serves sheep head. The women, pictured below, who run the restaurant were very gracious to us and gladly answered all our questions about this cuisine. Major Baker and Paul were the only ones brave enough to try the sheep’s head - apparently the area behind the ear and the eyes are the best part. (More pictures of this to come!)

Eight members of the team went to Masiphumelele for the day. The group spent the morning sanding and varnishing some areas of the Corps and preparing food for the “feeding scheme” that takes place there. They then went around the shantytown community and visited people in their homes, prayed with them and learned more about the plight of the people in the area.
The shantytowns are indescribable. I’m not sure the pictures even do total justice to what you see when you experience the shantytowns in person. I never imagined that so many people lived in such desperate circumstances. Thankfully, our God is a God of hope.