As I sit in the hostel lobby to try my hardest to gather all my emotions on what occured this month, I can’t seem to actually get them together. The beginning of the month of July we arrived at a boys home called Khayalethu, there was only 4 boys there and the rest were at holiday, a break from school, so they go back home to their families, but only if there’s a guardian in good conditions to take care of them.
The first week we visited townships and served in various ways. It broke my heart to see the living conditions of the majority of the people, but what filled my heart with joy was that in the midst of the poor living conditions at least they had a metal roof over their heads.
The second week we made home visits with the social worker from the boys home, the previous week we were assigned boys to look after when they returned from holiday. During the home visits we got to see their living conditions. I was so thankful for that opportunity because it opened a passion more for serving these boys because now I know more than just their names. On friday that week we had a long day ahead we were going to be doing home visits with a combinations of pick ups, we were going to be traveling hours and hours to pick up the boys.
By Sunday a good potion of the boys were back and it felt awesome. I was so pumped to pour into those precious hearts, I had 3 boys Sergio(13), Simakele(9), Owethu(10) the most adorable boys ever. During the day the boys would attend school and our team was divided around the house with diffrent duties and then the boys would arrive at 3pm it was GO time. Everyday of the week the boys had a different schedule so we helped out according to what activity they had.
The first week with the boys being in the house again it was intense and stretching in a GREAT WAY! I was able to open up to the boys so they could understand why I was there and what was in my heart.
By the second week they already knew who ChaCha was. To be honest I thought I was going to relate more with the younger boys and I was able to connect in a deeper level with the teenage boys.
The Lord blessed me with the opportunity to pour HOPE, LOVE, ENCOURAGEMENT, & JESUS DAILY. The best satisfaction was hearing the words “Thank God For Chacha, even though you are not here for long”. Seeing that I have planted a seed over those boys life and declearing that it will flourish soon it’s the biggest heart filling experience of all month. So Thankful for the Lord giving me this opportunity to be his vessel.
Love,
Chared
