| | every morning we were greeted with this cheery smile
most days, the team split up into several diffferent groups to work on various projects throughout the community. on saturday however, the entire team stayed together and went to k2, for the saturday youth program. weekdays, this is a day care for aids orphans, however on saturday it is opened up for the youth in the community to participate in various activities ranging from learning trade skills to providing a safe place to hang out.
here the team meets with levy
a native of zambia, he is one of the masoyi staff volunteers who help run the saturday program
inside one of the classrooms, the youth learn how to sew and make tablecloths and napkins
chuck, juliet, and meg check out some of the finished goods that the youth have made
the team purchased the colorful t-shirts in the plastics bags which we all wore when we presented our missions report to wellspring
not one to pass up a good deal, lauren picks out some fabric patterns to place an order for some table cloth napkins to bring back home
meanwhile outside, one of the staff members teaches some of the team members some dance moves
stephen and samp try their best to follow along
a few of the kids wanted to get some treats at a nearby shack right outside the k2 grounds
lauren, noah, and juliet and a few of the kids head out
this is the shack right outside of k2
there were tons of shacks just like this along the main road that cuts through the masoyi community
the masoyi girls adored juliet, they wanted a photo specifically with her
back at k2, george snyman (director and founder of hands@work) showed up for a visit
having limited success with the local dances, samp teaches a few of his own
and not to be outdone, one of the youth kids shows off his moves
the kids gather around juliet as she teaches them the art of origami
lining everyone up for a few rounds of the hand squeezing game 'electricty'
stephen gives some instructions
deep in prayer? not exactly
face down, the hand squeezing electrical pulses race through the teams to snatch the bean bag off the ground
in this photo below, lauren shares with george about her desire to get more involved with hands@work as her kids are getting older and she has more free time
george shares with lauren, how they have been praying for someone exactly like her who can go back to america and share with the asian american community what is happening with hands@work in south africa. apparently, he had sent an email to psam and linda specifically about this prayer request, while the team was enroute to south africa which wasn't received yet, since we were without internet access. an amazing prayer request answered!
lauren shared at the missions report readout to wellspring back in august, as well as in a missions spotlight last week at church, how she will be heading up a group that will look into how wellspring and bay area churches can partner with hands@work and the local church in africa.
if you are a wellspringer interested in getting involved
or
if you attend another church other than wellspring, and would like lauren to come speak at your church to learn more about hands@work
please be sure to contact her, or anyone on the team for more information
one of the matriarch figures at k2, ma sylvia puts the finishing touches on some napkins
hands .... at work
back outside, levy meets with a few visitors from USAID and explains to them K2 and the saturday youth program
with recent cuts to finances, hands@work was in the midst of facing pressure that it had not previously experienced
shortly after returning to america, the team learned that these ladies from USAID were able to secure the grant money needed for hands@work, another prayer answered
jenny, juliet, and nikki (george's daughter) watch on as some of the kids play a game similar to jacks
needing minimal supervision, calvin freely roamed the grounds at K2 as quite the wellspring ambassador
here, he shares his ..... rocks
george talks with some of the youth
as team linguist, jungjoo recruits some help from the older kids, to help translate "we fall down" from english to swazi, the local language of masoyi
(had we been in
botsawna, or these people spoken setswana, our translation would have been a breeze, courtesy of chris tomlin  )
having translated the song rather quickly, jungjoo leads the kids in singing it
teamwork teamwork teamwork......
how do you get everyone of all ages to participate in something?
three words ..... water balloon toss
everyone loved this!
stephen counts down and gives the signal for bombs away
psam, jungjoo, and linda discuss their strategy for staying dry
patty cake queen jenny hangs with the best of them
near the end of the day, we gathered everyone together and psam gave a brief message to the kids
and we tried out the newly translated song, and the kids learned pretty quicky
and what trip to south africa would be complete without a trip to the salon?
here the girls of salon mpumalunga check out linda's roots before giving it a good weave
next customer .... meg
stephen and samp pose with some of the older kids near the end of the day
kat (caucasian girl in center) is a volunteer with wywam (world youth with a mission)
we met a few other wywam folks during our time in south africa
rewind just 2 years ago, k2 was a dirt lot still under construction, there were no laughing kids, or saturday programs for youth
the wellspring 2005 team of 6 helped with the builing/construction to transform k2 to what it is today
great job fellas!
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