Its been over a month since our last post-- ouch! Sorry! AND since we always talk about US, this time its time for you to hear about our amazing students and some of the work we’re doing with them!
Every Wednesday the DTS goes to a nearby township to spend time with the kids there. We worship with them and do dramas and talk to them about things like basic hygiene and safety, as well as how much Jesus loves them! Each September our students work to build a house for a family in need in Zweletemba. Most families in the township live in shacks without windows or doors, and without much inside. The lack of security contributes to the high crime rate—last week we got news that a little 3-year-old girl was raped by her neighbor. Part of the goal in giving a real house is to provide more security for these families. So far, we’re still in the planning stage, but by the time we leave for outreach I’ll have pictures of the house to show you!
The students have had an incredible response to the poverty they’ve seen in Zweletemba. When we heard about a family (whose kids we work with on Wednesdays) that hadn’t eaten in a week, the students collected enough money to get them food for a couple of weeks, and some of them even agreed to give up one meal a week and bring their meal to someone who needs it—and when they don’t bring it to Zweletemba, they give it to a staff on the base who has been struggling to raise enough support.
The students have also been busy doing fundraisers to come up with the money to build the house. They held a movie night this weekend and spent hours baking and making popcorn to sell (even though they’d had to do a ton of baking for a bake sale only the night before!). the fact that they’re also doing fundraisers to go on outreach has made them no less generous or determined!
If anyone would like to donate toward the Zweletemba house, please take a look at the website they’ve made!
http://web.me.com/childreninneedDTS
(the links are at the very top of the page—nice and easy to miss! The donate button is on the “what we’re doing” page)
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