Report from Mark

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Greetings from South Africa to all of our fellow partakers in the grace of God at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church.  Please accept apologies for not posting sooner, but we have just in the last couple of days gained internet access.  A special shout out to Ruthie Stordahl and our home group that meet at Paul and Nancy Thompson's home.

 

To date our team has taught about 380 kids and two of our group also taught several days the kids who attend the school located at the orphanage where we stayed the two weeks while we were in the Richard's Bay area.  There also was a team from Boston teaching the "Smart Choices" curriculum in Durban simultaneously while we were teaching.

 

We are now in Soshanguve in the northern part of the country and will begin teaching tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  Thursday we will travel to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and be involved in teaching until the 2nd of September.

The response from the school kids has been very encouraging.  Many indicated on their response cards to agree to be abstinent and also to learn more about Jesus.  The African people are so welcoming and appreciative that we come so far.  Our prayer is that they will see the connection between our bodies as the temple of God and choosing not to have sex.  It seems that there is a disconnect between what they want to do and the fact that that behaviour is killing their nation via HIV/AIDS.  Please pray for them.  The heart is desperately wicked, who of us can know it?

 

Two of our team members flew home Friday the 19th and are now experiencing jet lag, and the remaining three of us get that experience in two weeks.

Thank you for your prayers, little by little, our message is going forth.

Mark