thankful for the building



last of the team to leave the new house

today we say our sad goodbye's to the last of the ukuqala team from stuttgart university who have been building us an amazing home for our long term volunteers at the village of hope. the rest of the team have been leaving in dribs and drabs over the last few days and are now either back in germany or of on a long deserved touring holiday around south africa!

the guys who left today have been completing the finishing touches to the kitchen, tidying the house and outside area. the team have been such a blessing to us and we are very sad to see them go.

new house is zwelitsha informal settlement



whilst we have been received this wonderful home, planned, designed and funded (all but a few thousand pounds which we are still trying to find!) it's hard to keep in context the work that these guys have done for us and our volunteers, whilst literally thousands of people in grabouw and who live on our doorstep do so with virtually nothing, many call home a small wooden structure with a tin roof, with little access to running water, sanitation and no electricity.

we know that God has blessed us and we thank him for his provision however as we were going to our sports club at zwelitsha on tuesday afternoon i was somewhat surprised to see a new home that had been built in that location. the home had a pitched roof and steel windows, we trust that those people will also be happy with their new home and that God will also bless them as they move in.