Monday, March 31, 2008


On Saturday, Patrick organized a youth service day for 5 of our carepoints. I went with my Moneni teens to a local homestead, where Grace Musa and her older sister, Kare Dlamini live. Both are widows and had lost children to HIV.
The women said they use to sell cans to earn a bit of money, but not the man who use to buy from them no longer is around. So their idea was to enlarge one of their small rooms and rent it out.




My teens got on it, and within 3 hours, the boys had knocked down the wall on the back side, extended the walls and added the roofing.

The girls helped to clean the other rooms, washed the dishes, and cooked a wonderful chicken and vegetable soup for the women.
I was so blessed to witness this. The women were tearful and continue to thank God for providing for them. They smiled, giggled, clapped, and cheered.
And when it was all said and done they prayed for us.
Ironic. We had come to bless them, and yet they were such a blessing to us.

1 comment:

Jennifer said...

oh your blog gets me so excited!!! i just want to be there already! can i meet gogo michigan?!?!