We have been here for two months already!   Life continues in our two rooms, although we are praying for an alternative.  Our years of camping were good preparation!

Alberto has had a few opportunities to minister in the nearby Avian Park, home to the local Coloured community.  Conditions there would break your heart.  It is not the lack of electricity and running water that is appalling, but the sexual exploitation of young children. Matthew 18:6 says “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”

Alberto is studying hard. He got an 88% on his mid-term on Monday. Margaret is playing with her new friends every day, and her accent is even starting to change. Ana and Isaac are officially on summer vacation as of this week, which seems strange, since they just started!  Ana has been taking lots of pictures, including the exquisite sunset behind the mountains by our communal home (pictured above).  Phoebe continues to be greeted by everyone who passes her by.  She has received many kisses.

Worcester

The vineyards outside of Worcester produce world-acclaimed wine.  The problem is that the workers often live in squalor.  Most of them are Coloured, and our target community.  Because they are often paid in wine, there is a high rate of alcoholism in their community.  Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and sexual exploitation of children are far too common.

Prayer Requests

• Protection against evil to young girls
• Phoebe: to stop grinding her teeth and for her sugars to stabilize. She drank a cup of coke at a barbecue!!!, and her sugar levels have been adjusting ever since. She is still insulin-free though!
• Guidance about future living options, which are limited on-base, and risky off-base.
• A vehicle