FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS MISSION OVER THE YEARS, THE NAME OF ONE BOY IS FAMILIAR. SKUMBUSO WAS ONLY AROUND 2 YEARS OLD WHEN THE PROJECT BEGAN AND AROUND 3 WHEN I FIRST MET HIM AND HIS SHOE SKATE THAT HE PUSHED FROM ONE END OF THE PROJECT TO THE OTHER. THE PICTURE OF SKUMBUSO AND PASTOR ARNIE USED IN OUR FIRST PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE WOULD BE FAMILIAR TO MOST OF US. WE SAW HIM AND QUITE A FEW OF SOME OF THE CHILDREN FROM THE EARLY YEARS ON FRIDAY BEFORE WE LEFT. ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT HELPED US MIX CONCRETE AND CARRY BLOCK WHEN WE WERE BUILDING IS NOW OUT OF SCHOOL AND WORKING A FULL TIME JOB. WE ALSO GOT TO SEE MAVIS IN HER HOME. SHE IS THE LADY THAT CAME TO THE FIRST SEWING CLASSES WITH HER OWN SEWING MACHINE--CARRIED ON HER HEAD. WE THEN SENT HER MACHINE TO PINETOWN AND HAD IT REFURBISHED. SHE WAS HAPPY TO SEE US ALL.
ON FRIDAY WE COOKED UP A BATCH OF THE FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN FOOD AND SERVED IT TO A GROUP OF THE CHILDREN. I MADE AN ERROR AND PASSED OUT FORKS BUT WAS TOLD QUICKLY BY SHARA THAT THEY DO NOT USE FORKS BUT SPOONS ARE THE CULTURAL EATING UTENSIL. MOST OF THE TIME I SEE THEM JUST USING THEIR FINGERS. THEY STILL ATE EVERYTHING. WE HAD THE LADY THAT WILL BE THE COOK AND ALSO THE PRINCIPAL IN THE KITCHEN WITH ME. THE BALANCE OF THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF FOOD WILL BE AROUND NOVEMBER 18TH.
ON FRIDAY EVENING, WE HAD A BRING AND BRAAI AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WESTVILLE--THIS WAS A LOCAL BAR B QUE BUT BRING YOUR OWN MEAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF GERMAN SPEAKING GOING ON.
TOMORROW WILL BE A BIG DAY WITH THE DEDICATION OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE SERVICE WILL INCLUDE 2 BAPTISMS AND COMMUNION. IT WILL BE STANDING ROOM ONLY IF THE 300 PEOPLE THAT WE EXPECT SHOW UP.
THANKS FOR FOLLOWING ALONG THIS WEEK AND THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME.
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