Farewell South Africa....

My last week in South Africa was a sad but very memorable one! 

Over the weekend we had two more German volunteers join who will be staying just over 2 months. 

On Monday we had the largest donations from Woolworths I've ever seen - the bakkie was full to the brim!

This week I was also the driver for the Enseleni home visits. This is when Mama Shandu and Mama Zanelle visit members of the community who are really struggling to try and see if there are ways we can help. We visited a mother and her sister who between them had 7 children. All 9 of them were sleeping, eating, cooking and living in a 3x4 meter room. Mama Shandu was able to listen to their problems, share the gospel and we prayed with the family at the end.

I also ended up having to reverse up this steep grassy path - I got very stuck, but with a lot of wheel spinning and help from the neighbours I finally managed to get out! 

We also continued prepping for the Holiday Bible Club - making example crafts, quizzes etc. 

My last day with the Children was on Friday - it was very sad to say goodbye to them all. They performed some dances for me and wrote me some lovely notes too. 

On the Saturday we had a lovely Braii on the beach, which was the perfect way to end 3 amazing months in South Africa. 


I arrived home safe and sound on Monday morning. Thank you to everyone who has been covering me in prayer whilst I was away - I felt God's hand over me through the work I did and all the wonderful people I met along the way.

I will certainly miss this beautiful country and amazing people! 

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