Hello Friends and Families!
God has continued to work in our lives during our second week in South Africa. On Monday we started out Vacation Bible School program with the younger children at GGA, ages 4-14. The first day was a bit daunting, but some adjustments to the program, we has four good days of Bible teaching, skits, games and crafts with the kids. On the last day of VBS, we presented Bibles and the story of the gospel to all the kids.

Also during this week, we went in two groups with the outreach program of GGA to meet with some of the poorest families in the surrounding valleys. In part of it's aid program, GGA visits families to assess need. During this time, we had a real glimspe of the affect of poverty on South Africa, seeing child-headed families, or grandmothers taking care of 12 of their grandchildren, because all the parents are dead. The stories that we heard and things we saw will certainly remain with us. Despite being the4 most developed country in Africa, poverty and the affect of AIDS is very present in South Africa.

In other news, we have almost all of our walls up at the preschool we have been working on. This next week we will be finishing up the walls, possibly putting windows, and on a few of the days visiting the schools which the children at the orphanage attend. We will also put on another teen night before we go.

Right now we are at a Game Reserve on a small break from a busy week at GGA. Thank you for all your prayers!