There is so much more to say about our outreach to the Transkei, They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I'm just sending you pics with the descriptions in the captions. Hope you enjoy!
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| Emi's 1st missionary journey. |
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| This is me at South Africa's "Hole in the Wall" |
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| Traditional Xhosa huts. Can you imagine waking up to this view? |
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| The brave Global Challengers testing their gear in Coffee Bay for the year ahead. |
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| One of our teams built a jungle gym for the orphan's school in Coffee Bay |
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| Someone donated paint, so they were able to paint Scriptures all over the structure. |
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| Willem digging the first of two holes for the outhouses the team built for the chief's homestead. |
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This area is called the Wild Coast. So, so beautiful!
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| One of the Global Challenge teams building a stone house. They worked so hard - leveling the land, gathering the rocks from the area around, and building the house. This team also built a greenhouse to start seedlings for the community. |
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| Morning in Coffee Bay |
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Evening in Coffee Bay.
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| The 42 Global Challenge participants hiked 4 hours to the "Hole in the Wall" |
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| Emi with her friend "Tonto" |
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| You had to wade through a river to get to the beach and then fight the cows for a place to sit. |
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| The teams had a challenge to get from Coffee Bay back to Jeffrey's Bay (an 8 hour drive) on their own with only $14 each. They had some amazing stories of how God provided rides for them on their way back. |
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| I was able to visit an amazing place called Khaya Lethu, where they take care of several AIDS orphans. There is a nice place to sleep, a little pre-school, and a library. There are 8 children living there now. Such a precious place. |
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| One of the sweet little kiddos at Khaya Lethu |
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| Christine and her husband Gerrie run Khaya Lethu and this is one of the little ones they are taking care of. |
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| Some of the wonderful Global Challenge participants. |
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| Marius training the GC participants on cultural sensitivity and having a servant's heart. He did a great job! |
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| Some of the school children in Coffee Bay watching our progress on the playground we were building. |
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| One of the teams also was able to repair and waterproof the leaking roof of the orphan school. |
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| This is Heather from Dothan, Alabama. She is the only American of the 42 Global Challenge participants this year. Of course she and I had lots of good "southern" times together. |
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| Marius helped the teams to build a fence around the orphan school playground. |
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| Emi and mommy by the sea |
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| This is Bongi, the chief's daughter, who became a Christian and was baptized. She is still reading her Xhosa Bible the team gave her. Please keep Bongi in your prayers. |
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| She has such an amazing smile! |
Hope you enjoy the photos. We will blog more about what has been happening in the past 2 weeks. Thanks for being a part of our journey with us. For your prayers, for your support, and for just keeping in touch. We love it that God brought us here for "such a time as this" and are sure we are exactly where He wants us to be!
lots of love,
The Deetlefs Family (Marius, Jodi, and Emi)
