On the 3 hour drive from Johannesburg to Hennenman this morning I passed Diepsloot. In Afrikaans it means "deep ditch". It's a densely populated township that is made up of fully government-subsidised housing. Many of the South Africans there live in 3×2 metre shacks, assembled from scrap metal, wood, plastic and cardboard.
I stopped by the church, Imago Dei, to give the pastor a portion of the money I raised, as a donation to the church. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the donation, he was very surprised and grateful!
Whlie I was there, women were setting up for a ladies event for tomorrow. They needed flowers for the table so I offered to go pick flowers for them. I told the pastor to put me to work while I am here. Picking flowers is a fun first!
Aside from recovering from jet-lag, it's been a lovely day visiting with some of the South Africans that were a part of our mission trip experience in March. It's fun to be back in the same bedroom and guest house I was in. They are in stage 6 of load shedding, which means 6-12 hours without electricity starting today.
So joyful for you Kristen!! Your first task cutting and arranging flowers!!! Wow, God is blessing already...the tables look great! Your light is SHINING! Keep it up!!!
Looking good young lady keep up the good work. God Bless
Why is there so many hours with electricity??