| | waiting at JFK airport
henry teaches juliet the rubiks, stephen trying to get the blues lined up (not having much luck)
calvin passes the time by listening to one of psam's sermon podcasts
juliet writes an entry in her journal
as we approached the terminal, we saw these ladies with nifty headgear
turned out to be the emirates flight crew that ushered us from jfk to dubai
somewhere over the atlantic
5 bottles of ginger ale, 60 games of inflight tetris, and 3 servings of curried chicken later, we finally arrived in jo'burg
his second time here, psam is all smiles after de-planing
(as i took this photo, an african airport groundsman approached me and asked if i was korean. "yes", i replied. his friendly repsonse "cah-mah-rah ahn-deh-yo". translation - "put the camera away dude")
the snymans hosted a wonderful feast at their home for the team the day after we arrived
snyman family friend chris prays before the meal
our first meal in south africa
a delicious homemade spread prepared by carolyn
jungjoo and meg chatting with melody, the oldest of the 4 snyman kids
george talking, the guys listening
george discussing the situatuon in other african countries
carolyn introduces us to our first taste of rooibos tea
as a former dutch/english colony, south africans are a tea drinking people
we drank it 4 times a day, everyday ( breakfast, lunch, dinner, and of course ..... tea time  )
jenny, chuck, and meg hanging out on the porch, watching the wild monkeys hopping around
linda telling george about reaksa's story and the team that went to cambodia earlier this year
what's in the box? turned out to be a centipede they caught!
when george visited wellspring in october '06, he told the story of how they met nikki as an infant who was near death and eventually brought her into their family
what an amazing living, breathing, laughing testimony of God's love working through the snymans
the lee kids and nikki played everyday
nothing but beautiful smiles and infectious laughter from this foursome the entire time we were there
juliet preparing to go out in the masoyi community for home based care
masoyi home based care
the wellspring team splits up during the week and joins the masoyi staff that serves the community in various ways
the lee's, eugene and i went to the masoyi clinic and teamed with the staff there
there is a short devotion and time of praise and prayer, before leaving the clinic and heading into the community to visit patients at their homes
in the morning, eugene and i teamed with emily
an amazing young woman, she is learning the masoyi model in south africa
after gaining the best practices, she will soon go back to her home country of zimbabwe and implement the masoyi model of home based care there
here she is doing a consult with a grannie (elderly lady) asking about her symptoms, and giving instructions on medication
we vistied another grannie here
made of scrap metal tin and plastic, and no bigger than a typical bedroom, this is her home
she had hiv and TB(tuberculosis) and was too weak to get out of bed
the masoyi staff asked her about her symptoms, and prepared some food for her while we were there
she was given medication and instructions on how to use it
the masoyi staff volunteers sang her favorite song, and there was a time of prayer for her
in the afternoon, eugene and i teamed with a different set of masoyi staff volunteers who were making home visitations as social workers
since the clinic vehicle was needed for more urgent needs, we set off on foot into the community
this road runs through the masoyi community and is the only paved road there
there are nothing but dirt roads branching off on both sides, with shacks and cinderblock homes as far as the eye can see in all directions
there are 5 orphan siblings living in this home
the young man on the right is the oldest sibling providing care, he's only 18
the 2 masoyi staff volunteers on the left talk with him to get an update on how things are going
the staff rely on word of mouth going through the community on how people are doing, and who is in need of care
|
| | Posted 8/7/2007 3:42 PM - 38 Views - 16 eProps - 8 comments
- recommend
  - recs0
- share
- email
 - sent0
|
