South Africa - Post 3

As I mentioned in the last post, we would end each day of camp with prayer and surprises. We took TONS of donations from people all over the United States (THANK YOU!!) to our youth in South Africa. We also were given financial donations to purchase shoes and clothes for the youth as well. Here are some pictures of donations we were able to give the youth.

First we unpacked all our donations to see what we had and figure out what days we could take the items to the youth. The donations included towels, soap, school supplies and some clothes. We purchased pants/skirts and 2 pairs of shoes for each youth as well. Here's a picture of some of the shoppers with shoes:

(Picture courtesy of Kathy)

Here are some of the ladies modeling their new dress shoes. They also got a pair of tennis shoes. They guys got a nice pair and a casual pair as well. :)

Here are when the youth got their towels and clothes and other goodies.

Another exciting gift was back packs. Each of the youth got one of these bags. :)

My favorite gift that God allowed us to give was the bag of groceries. Thanks to a generous donation, we were able to purchase 1 bag of groceries for each youth to take home. We believe this bag will last their family about a week. It included apples, cheese, beans, rice, coffee, bread, cooking oil, some other items, and a couple of treats like a rotisserie chicken and a candy bar.

(picture courtesy of Kathy)

On our last day of camp (Thursday), we had a shortened camp, then went out into Masi for the youth to perform. This year they set up at the "flats", which are apartments that the government came in and built. The next post will show more pictures of Masiphumelele. Most people in Masi do not live in these flats.

The youth started with prayer. :) They go and set up their speakers and sound board and do the entire performance on their own.

(Picture thanks to Kathy)

Then the youth began their performance with the new dance they learned in Amandi's dance class. The rest of the performance includes dramas and songs that share truth about Jesus and His love. Here are more pictures of their performance:

Another drama -

In this next picture you can kind of see the crowd that had gathered.

One last song. The youth also end their performance with the gospel and handing out tracks in Xhosa (their native language).

Finally, I have a brief video of part of their performance.