Brian suggested the title for this post! We are constantly amazed at how such severe poverty can exist next to life like home or better. The entrance to the Shiyase camp is opposite the Howick lawnmower shop and a Nando's sign. Please pray for the food and health works among the Sutu people there, and for the brief gospel messages, this morning about butterflies and Romans 12:2. One woman of 21 was born in the camp. Yet the mothers are caring and their children clean, mostly well and happy. The local vaccination programme is excellent, which is one thing. The mothers gave permission for us to take these pics. This is the mothers after a craft session while we looked after their children:
This is Jackie, in her Tearfund T-shirt, teaching two of the children cat's cradle:
She was on a plastic sheet on the rough earth floor with Rupert
and Brian. The creche is in the beer shebeen because that is not used on Monday mornings. Here is a drinks queue outside with more Ethembeni volunteers:
As for the team, we are very pleased to be all well - praise God and thank you for your prayers. We have also just chilled out with great church services,
visiting the Nelson Mandela capture memorial, and seeing a different sort of youngster - one with a rhino horn...!
Love to all of you in Jesus from the team.
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