volunteers galore

seb and chris chipping away

over the last couple of weeks the day to day team at the village of hope have been blessed by a plethora of volunteers who have come to spend time with us from all over the world.

trinity team with matt and seb
(not sure what maz was laughing at!)

firstly we were joined by matt, seb and chris who hail from sydney austraila, these three guys, also known as captain hook, peter pan and tinkerbell, were an absolute God send as they cut, chopped, mowed, chipped and thoroughly overhauled our grounds, giving it a real spring tidy up after the cape winter. they also joined us at our sports outreach where they worked with our sports mentors during our afternoon sports sessions.

then we hosted an amazing team, ablily led by larry, from trinity church in dallas, this was the second time that larry, his wife and son, along with sarah and her son christian had visited us, however this time they were joined by a village of hope newbie called celeste who fitted into their team very well. not only did they help out with sports, some gardening work and playing with the children in the unit they also spent time at the other themablitsha projects and even led the weekly thembacare service here in grabouw.

cozi, lori, with maz, greg, teresa
and agatha

next greg arrived from paris, greg will be interning with us for the next seven months where he will be leading our sports outreach. greg is a pure track and field athlete and we will have to hone his football and netball skills to ensure he fits in with the children that we work with each afternoon.

and finally we had a flying visit from some of our ex-volunteers, cozi and lori, along with cozi's mum and sister, these crazy girls were in cape town for a wedding but couldn't resist coming to spend 4 nights with us, they also bought some much needed netball kit for the girls in our sports clubs. we are really looking forward to using these at our forthcoming sports day at the country club.

as we said, it is a true blessing to be able to host people from all around the work, they really are able to capture the essence of the project and the heart we have for our community, thank you to everyone who takes time to come visit us and use up their valuable time, money and holidays to be with us.