an alternative view!

this village of hope blog was set up to allow all members of the longer term team to share their thoughts and experiences with you (the wider world) and as you will know we are never short of news stories here in grabouw, however on this post we thought it would be good for you to have a look at some of the other blogs that have been set up by some of our shorter term volunteers who are living with us at the village of hope at the moment.

we hope that their stories and views will give a bit of an alternative view of life on the project and will highlight some of the things that have touched their hearts as they serve with us in grabouw and as they venture around this amazing country. if you would like to take a peek then click on the names below which will link to their various blogs, katia, jess and grace.

grace arrives for three months and a short update on the children

grace taking one of our little ones for a walk!

earlier this week we welcomed our latest long term volunteer from the frozen north, grace joins us for three months from england and will not only be involved with the work in the children's unit here at the village of hope but she will be a key member of our sports outreach and 'rainbow smiles' HIV support group.

it's great to have any volunteer commit for the longer term, they can really feel useful and make such a difference as they take on some of the day to day jobs which the rest of the team have to undertake when they aren't around. grace joins our other long term volunteers tim, mel and jess in our volunteer accommodation and is already proving to be a real hit with our children.

many of you have been asking for an update on our two year old girl who is in tygerberg hospital, well she is still undergoing checks on her liver to make sure that she can be started on her ARV (HIV medication) and we hope to have her back with us next week. our eldest boy has had tonsillitis this week and has been off school, please pray for his continued improvement.