South Africa 2012 - Day 1

Well, it feels awesome to be back in South Africa!!  Today we started with errands to prepare for camp.  So we started off with some breakfast and team devotional and the hit the mall/grocery store (yep the grocery store is in the mall).  We got food for our team, food for the kids at camp, supplies for camp and some last minute items we needed.
Then we ate a nice lunch at Dixie's, which is on the waterfront near Simon's town.  So we could look out on the Indian Ocean during lunch and see the occasional whale!  We've already seen lots of whale activity and it's fun!

Then, the best part of the day was going to Masiphumelele, the township/squattercamp where the youth we work with live.  So we met Vuyo and some other Hope2Africa youth and we walked around Masi.  We stopped in about 4-5 of the homes of the youth and prayed for them and their families. Here are some of Brian's pictures of Masi. (I shrunk them down, so they'd load faster.)

Our team and some of the Hope2Africa youth walking with us through Masi.

You can see some of the "block homes" in the backgroud.  There are block homes and shacks in Masi.

This is a good photo of the shacks and fencing and debris we saw all through Masi.



The mountains just outside Masi are beautiful.



Ok that's it for now, so I can get some sleep.  You can pray for us tomorrow - we start our Arts camp tomorrow.  Brian and I are leading Discipleship in the morning.  We'll be talking about Our Identity in Christ (how God sees us) all week, and tomorrow we start with "We are Forgiven" as part of our identity.  Then our team will lead computers, art, percussion (led by Brian), music and drama classes the rest of the day.  We also have a Parent Meeting (you can pray for that too), to make sure all the parents know all the details about us taking their kids to Durban for the Combined Camp portion of our trip.

Thanks for your prayers!