Since they finished teaching school, they came back into the slums around Johannesburg and starting doing "hut-to-hut" ministry. I think it's been an enormous eye-opener for Kate. They basically spend their time as part of a small team (usually 4 kids) going from hut to hut in the slums doing whatever needs to be done. They clean. They wash clothes. They take care of small children. In small, electricity-free huts. Kate tells me she's gotten very good at washing clothes by hand. They are also doing VBS part of the time, but mostly they're just helping people and talking with them and trying to form relationships.
The only time Kate hasn't been 100% healthy was when they were teaching school. Then she says she had a terrible cold and couldn't even talk. Luckily they were team teaching so she either drew illustrations on the chalk board or had someone repeat what she said in an audible voice. They also did a lot of individual tutoring, trying to slide the gospel in when it was appropriate.
Next week will actually be her last week in Africa. Monday they're going hut to hut in the morning and packing their bags in the afternoon. Tuesday they're going on safari. Wednesday they're flying back to Texas. And on Saturday they'll be coming HOME!!!
Hurrah.
I'll post pictures when Kate gets home with her camera. And hopefully a few stories of some of her adventures.
Next time you see me, I'll have my girls home again.
Later,
b
P.S. A couple of quick notes: She said it was REALLY cold when they were out in the bush. Like 20 degrees at night and 40 to 50 during the day. Luckily it's warmer near Jo-berg, about 70 degrees during the day; and, sadly, she did manage to get sunburned.
She also said that one of Talia's leaders in Cambodia had come to South Africa and was leading one of her group's smaller teams. Cool, eh?
P.P. S. I am posting one picture of the area where they're working that I borrowed from the Global Expeditions website. Yikes.
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