mel starts a fire and a blog!

our new volunteer, mel kidd from dallas, is really getting into things here at the village of hope, with rob and arron away for a week (rob in jo'burg and arron off in uganda with big shot cricket) there was a need for someone to step up to the plate and become 'the firestarter', mel took up that mantle and started her first ever fire last night!....(see photo)

mel also started a blog where she is going to be keeping her friends, family and the wider world updated with news of her year with us on the project...please follow her (click on this link to go to her site)

big shot cricket coming to SA

on the eve of the football world cup we have some exciting news that 'big shot cricket' will be coming to grabouw to run a programme with the children in our community. this week long cricket based outreach programme will be held at groenberg school between 7th june - 11th june (the very first day of the 2010 world cup).

we are really excited about this venture, the opportunity it will present to children who we work with and it will be a chance for the wider YWAM team who are coming over to work in grabouw from the 15th may till the end of the football world cup to use their skills as they help run this event.

if you would like to find out more about how you might get involved then please email us.