Nna ke JoJo. Ke dula ko Refilwe. Ke ithumetse thata ;). "If they come here, they must fit in and make an effort to know our ways and speak our language..." That is what I hear in Germany about anyone who flees to my home country or comes to start a better life. And I agree, even though I hope I would put it in words, more kind. In South Africa, very few white people bother to learn an african language. Maybe also because you can get around with just English. So, I feel priviledged to be able to learn at least some Setswana (which is one out of the 11 official languages in South Africa). Thanks to DMG and SIM for supporting me in this. Thanks Refilwe (ähm.. LIV Lanseria) for allowing me preci
The kids in my home church made me this amazing poster and prayed for me last sunday. I am very happy that they have me in their powerful prayers which easily reach across countries. It is very special to be part of this church family. Thank you Kids Treff and Mitarbeiter - you are amazing. I feel loved and supported and appreciate you so much. God has been amazing today. I felt a bit down over the weekend, discouraged by the huge amount of work around me and the needs in the community I live in, which neither I nor our Project can meet. And then, today, God called me to trust him with this in our staff devotion. He filled me with his peace again and used this precious picture to encourage
The favourite part of my day is the afternoon because that is when I get to hang out with the amazing kids and teens from Joe Slovo. After lunch time, I go up to our afterschool care center and help Mama Nomaza - who leads the beautiful chaos up there - with administrativ work and preparation. We have two faithful young guys, who come every day and help preparing snacks for the kids and assisting with homework. At 2.30pm kids start coming, they play on the playgound, get their snacks, tell us about their day and I enjoy practising my Setswana with them. By now, I know most of the names (which are hard to pronounce for a german tongue) and have made many friends. More and more kids join us, u