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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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Kevin Barber
Today was a shorter work day than normal but we still accomplished quite a bit. The guys trimmed the doors and windows, Kevin Sanded in the kitchen and Kris worked on the windows. The ladies primed and painted the bedrooms as well as worked and played with the children. Tiffany brought pictures from her pre-school class and the Pines Children drew pictures for her to take back to the class.
The reason for our half day of work was that we got to go to the Boskoppie lion park this afternoon. It was the first time most of us were able to get this close to lions and tigers (no bears, Oh my!). The only thing that separated us from the animals was a fence - we were within inches of them. Several of us were nearly "marked" on, but fortunately, the
lions were a bad aim.
The tour was great and we even had the opportunity to play with baby tigers - they are much like kittens but, as you might imagine, they pack a bit more punch and feel like carpet :-)
After returning from the lion park, we treated Brian and Lois' friends Ruan and Lindie to an "American" meal of carry-out pizza. We visited with them and sang a few praise songs. Ruan tried explaining Cricket and Rugby to us... we still don't quite get it.
Our devotion today was Psalm 5
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Kevin Barber
Today was a shorter work day than normal but we still accomplished quite a bit. The guys trimmed the doors and windows, Kevin Sanded in the kitchen and Kris worked on the windows. The ladies primed and painted the bedrooms as well as worked and played with the children. Tiffany brought pictures from her pre-school class and the Pines Children drew pictures for her to take back to the class.
The reason for our half day of work was that we got to go to the Boskoppie lion park this afternoon. It was the first time most of us were able to get this close to lions and tigers (no bears, Oh my!). The only thing that separated us from the animals was a fence - we were within inches of them. Several of us were nearly "marked" on, but fortunately, the
lions were a bad aim.The tour was great and we even had the opportunity to play with baby tigers - they are much like kittens but, as you might imagine, they pack a bit more punch and feel like carpet :-)
After returning from the lion park, we treated Brian and Lois' friends Ruan and Lindie to an "American" meal of carry-out pizza. We visited with them and sang a few praise songs. Ruan tried explaining Cricket and Rugby to us... we still don't quite get it.Our devotion today was Psalm 5
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