Today

Today started with a wonderful discussion. Why did Jesus have to die? Very good.

The guys on the farm went to the 6am mens prayer meeting and I drove the girls down in my car. Since Masoyi moved to K2, we only have one Hands bukkie up here to transport folk. Times like these when it is wonderful to have a car!

I drove the ladies down and we all went to the Monday morning prayer meeting. Worship was wonderful. We have a guy named Ezekiel who loves to sing! He has a great voice and really gets us going. There is nothing like African singing! Our message this morning was about loving one another. Nice. Coming from a newly wed who is reading "the 5 love languages." Good thoughts.

Then 2 guys who did a community stay with orphan headed households shared their experiences. That phrase rolls off the tongue too easy. There is nothing "easy" about orphan headed households. Great to hear about their experience.

Thus started week 3 of de-worming.
1. The manager that I placed my bread order of 25 loaves with forgot to place it. They can deliver the bread, but it will not be sliced. No thank you.
2. Last week I told the project managers that the time for the event needed to be changed. It was scheduled for 12, but the children do not get out of school until 2. the time was not changed and letters went to the schools to dismiss the children early. Sorry, see you at 2.
3. We have 100 tabs left from Saturday. We can get 70 more, but we are expecting 180 kids. this weekend we had 60 more kids than expected.

Shoa! Takin' it all in stride, singing "Father Abraham" all the while. :)

Picked up bread from town. The UK team made the sandwiches and loaded the car. I went to town again to get the meds. They gave me 170 instead of just 70. Great! The manager said that they are crediting back everything that we have paid for and lowering the price. Great!

The project managers came with. That was nice for them to see what we are doing. I told them that this is exactly what it should look like. The UK team played with the kids while I set up and the whole time i was giving meds. Kids only had to stand in line 20 kids at a time. Nice. Thanks guys! 178 got meds and all went very smoothly.

We closed with a chat about the meds that they got. What they are for and to be sure to wash hands to further prevent worms. Then we had a 10-15 min chat about HIV. Everyone was hot and tired, but it went well.

At the end of the event, i got a call saying that the pharmacy has called all over town and there is no more de-worming medication anywhere. We were left with 20 tabs that were being given to kids who could not come. (The 1200 tabs to be picked up on Friday have not come in yet)

Should we cancel? No, not yet. Didn't we have 4 boxes? Where is the other box of meds? :) Somehow it was left in the car with 85 tabs. nice. since we are only expecting 100 kids tomorrow, the show can go on.

But wait... what about Masoyi? They just finished their de-worming program. Wonder if they have any meds? Quick, Unathi, I only have 3 rand of phone time on my phone, do you have any meds left? - Yes, we have 500 tabs. You can pick them up in the morning!

Oh, the Lord is so good.

The UK team came back with reports of having a good time. All went well... in the end.

Tomorrow the bread is being picked up by the project manager and the meds by the UK team while I am at my desk answering the emails that are piling up. delegation/ team work is great!

When I got home we had our Monday night dinner at the farm. We have 12 people living up here now. We had a great time laughing and sharing together. Every bit a family night.

I feel like we are walking down a path that is not complete until our foot actually touches the ground, but we cannot stop moving forward. George says we are building a plane while it is flying. Whatever it is, I am thankful for the Lord for taking care of all the details. AND really thankful that I have a holiday coming up in in Cape Town next week. Whew! I am tired! night.