Blogs from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Africa - page 4

April 16, 2007 Masiye Teen Camp Camp Theme - The Storm is Over -Set your Future in Motion Thursday April 12, 2007 - The weekend started out with tragedy. Literally 2 minutes before we were to leave Dakotah slipped on the concrete out back and scraped up her leg, elbow, cheek and chin. There was some serious pain happening. I got out the first aid supplies and started to work cleaning out the gravel when the call came. They are on their way to pick us up. We had to decide whether we were going to call it off or not. I told them we would be waiting for them on the road then Kotah and I discussed. She made me decide. I knew she would regret missing out on this because of a moment of ... read more

April 11, 2007 Wednesday The visit out to Khayelihle was cancelled today so we got a few other things done. Khayelihlle (Kye-leet-lee) is a place where they help orphans and street children. They help them with rehabilitation, finding out why they are on the streets and try and get them to go back to their families. Some of them are orphans and that is why they are on the street. They are taken care of there. So this morning we were able to meet with Lovemore to finalize out trip to Livingstone and on to Namibia. We will be traveling through Hwange National Park and visiting Victoria Falls then on to Livingstone to catch the 16 hour bus ride to visit with the Knightly family in Namibia who are also from Kamloops, BC (our home town). ... read more

No fruit …Nope not much for fruit here. It’s expensive. Had an Avocado sandwich for lunch yesterday picked off the tree in the yard here. Shelly we love you too. So much and you know I would give you a giant hug. Deed, thanks for the comments. That is encouraging and Dakotah IS doing great. She went swimming yesterday in Jenni’s Brother’s pool. It was cold from all the rain. Uncle Barry and Aunt Bernadette we love you and yes a Canadian Tire would be nice. Angie, we love you too. Thanks everyone for your comments. Today we visited an aids care facility called Thembelihle. There were not very many patients there today, three men and five women. This facility is mostly funded by charitable organizations. The fees that families need to pay are $1000 Zim ... read more

April 6, 2007 Pastor T’s House http://www.christshope.org/ Today I spent most of the day teaching Pastor T about the computer. He doesn’t have much computer skills but learns fast. This man has organization in his head. Pastor T has been responsible for getting us to most of our work so far this trip, with help from Jenni who documents these things and helps to keeps him on track. Christ’s Hope International- Zimbabwe is the organization that I am volunteering with here in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe area mission is in it’s infancy right now. In Fact Dakotah and I are their first international volunteers. They have done many good things already including training of Choose to Wait teachers and home care but they have so much more to do. Pastor T is leaving for the UK to ... read more

Pastor T’s church April 1 Wow, pastor T’s church is so alive! Do you know how sometimes you have to have nothing to gain everything? Well, pastor T’s church is a living example of that. The church building is just a foundation that doesn’t even have the start of walls, let alone a roof. So, until they can build, and finish the building they are praying for no rain on Sunday. They are praying for no rain because what they are doing church in wouldn’t keep them dry. That’s because what they’re doing church in is almost like a tent, a wooden frame, and a tarp made out of corn sacks (that are ripping and tearing).they don’t even have a bathroom. But they do have spirit, and they’re going strong. Hope fountain and dinner march ... read more