Luke: Working in Khayelitsha

Above are just a few more photos from our time at Trans-Sky and Cape Point. At the beginning of this week, we were given our new schedule for the next three weeks. Now that we are in back in Cape Town, our work and focus is in Khayelitsha, a slum that holds about 1 million people. All the roads are mud and potholes and most everyone lives in metal shacks. Generally, each morning we will go into the public schools to teach classes on character, such as self-control or patience. This allows for us to play games with the children and teenagers and share the Gospel with them.  Then in the afternoons we are helping to build a pre-school, which will help educate the community and be a place for God to work. We also have children’s church after building each day, were we play games, act our Bible stories, and give snacks to the children. Today was our first full day, and I loved it. We arrived at one of the primary schools at about 930. We got to teach 3 different 7^th grade classes about patience, and John got to share how praying to God takes patience, but God brings blessing, even if it is not in the way we think it is. The kids listen so well and are somehow both shy and enthusiastic at the same time. In between two periods, the kids had break/recess, so we all got to play soccer with the kids, which was a ton of fun. Then we all went to lunch at this hole in the wall restaurant called Sasa before we went to the construction site. I had a plate full of lamb, beans, and potatoes with some gravy and vegetables on the side. When we got to the construction site, the outside cinderblock was already set, so we spent the afternoon cutting planks and nailing them again for the frame of the walls. Lastly, we did the children’s church, playing games, acting out Jesus calming the storm, and eating chips. There was one little girl and one little boy that came up and talked to me and wouldn’t let go of my hands or stop smiling, hahahaha. They even got in a fight with other children who were trying hold my hands too, woops. Any-who, I’m so thankful for each new experience I get to have here in Cape Town each day. It’s a joy to get to joke with the local leaders here and have them teach us new Xosa sayings each day. Their commitment to African Leadership and their joy in serving Jesus is so encouraging. Keep praying that God will send the Holy Spirit to each place we go, and that each community we are involved in would be given hope and encouragement and would come to know Jesus.