While we’ve made it to South Africa, I’m not
sure whether I care for the sunsets here or not…here’s a shot I took
our first night there….
We
are staying at a missionary base with Iris Ministries here in South
Africa in a neighborhood called Back Door. The area sounds so normal
compared to the providence we are in which is Mpumalanga! Here are
some shots of where we are staying…oh, and though I didn’t put pictures here, I did see several giraffe’s and zebras in the wild, and may get a chance to go on a safari!
Where they feed 300+ kids per day (on weekdays!)
We
are currently at the mall in nearby Nelspruit, South Africa, getting
food and team supplies (and eating real food at a real
restaurant!)…preparing for our afternoon of helping with an after
school child feeding program where 300+ kids come after school. This
week in South Africa there are several holidays that land on the same
week, causing there to be no school, so Linda (our local Iris
Ministries contact) says that there will most likely be more than 300
kids this week as the kids will be bored!
At the house we are
staying at, there is only running water because water is trucked
in…apparently the government won’t provide water for the area. South
Africa is in the beginning stages of an energy crisis, there are
blackouts from 8:30-10:30 every other day, where the entire town of
Nelspruit is out of electricity, gas stations and many stores run off
of generators during that time.
We will be with Iris
Ministries for the month, learning more of the specifics of what we
will be “doing” while we are here…most definately helping with the
after school feeding program, helping with finishing some already
started projects around the campus (the wall needs plastered and
painted, the kitchen building needs plastered and painted, they would
love to build a playground, there is a hospital nearby that we may help
at, etc…etc…etc…), the need here is ENDLESS…
***P.S. My pictures are all stored at www.markstratmann.com, through some technical difficulties I needed to take off the South American pictures, they will be up again sometime in the future (it’s a lot of uploading to do, so it’ll take some time…please be patient!)
