We are a group of young couples from Valley Church in West Des Moines, Iowa who have felt God's call to help The Pines Christian Care Center for Children in Welkom, South Africa as they care for children who have been orphaned by the AIDS Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Monday, March 26, 2007
Kindra Our First Day at the Pines
We had our first whole day here. It was fun but we all worked very hard too. We cleared out the rooms that will be the flat that we are building, brought up the pieces of wood we are using for the walls, and varnished the kids' play equipment. None of us are feeling jet lag so that's nice. Speaking of flying, I'd like to thank everyone who prayed for Anne's and mine ears (we tend to get a lot of ear pain with flying). We both took decongestants before our flight and didn't have much of trouble at all. The kids that live here are so cute. They are friendly and like to play games with us.
One of the best parts of the day for me was our team devotional in the morning. We all met together as a team before we worked and read through a chapter in the Bible and talked about it. It was really cool to hear everyone's different perspectives on things. God pulls on people's hearts in different verses. We all cooperate well as a team and I feel so happy to be on this trip with these people. It's so evident that God brought all our talents to this place to work together for Him. Some of us are sore from the hard work, but it is so gratifying to see our progress and know that we're doing this to show God's love to these children.
Kindra
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Kindra Our First Day at the Pines
We had our first whole day here. It was fun but we all worked very hard too. We cleared out the rooms that will be the flat that we are building, brought up the pieces of wood we are using for the walls, and varnished the kids' play equipment. None of us are feeling jet lag so that's nice. Speaking of flying, I'd like to thank everyone who prayed for Anne's and mine ears (we tend to get a lot of ear pain with flying). We both took decongestants before our flight and didn't have much of trouble at all. The kids that live here are so cute. They are friendly and like to play games with us.
One of the best parts of the day for me was our team devotional in the morning. We all met together as a team before we worked and read through a chapter in the Bible and talked about it. It was really cool to hear everyone's different perspectives on things. God pulls on people's hearts in different verses. We all cooperate well as a team and I feel so happy to be on this trip with these people. It's so evident that God brought all our talents to this place to work together for Him. Some of us are sore from the hard work, but it is so gratifying to see our progress and know that we're doing this to show God's love to these children.
Kindra
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