But today really began the home stretch. We said our goodbyes to the kids at the Addington Primary School sports camp. I don't know that it really hit us that this was one phase of our trip coming to an end. It was a very hectic end with seemingly none of the more than 90 kids there today leaving on time!
Today was also a beginning. The ladies used their Thursday afternoon to pack food parcels. The food parcels contain the staple ingredients of the South African diet and essentially provide food for two weeks for a family of 4. They will see later this week who gets those food parcels as they will go on home visits in the Cato Manor community tomorrow. To qualify for a food parcel, a family can earn no more than about $2 per day per family member. Westville is doing amazing things to care for their community!
The boys are about 45 minutes away at Boys 2 Men camp (band name pun intended!). It is a more rural Christian camp just for the boys who are involved in the sports ministry arm of CAST (Westville Baptist's compassion based outreach ministry). Over 50 boys and 11 leaders are here to connect with God for three days! We look forward to updating you on the progress as our team is now in two parts and we will continue to have great things to report!
Every kid,
Jeremy
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