They day we got to PAINT!

Last Friday we had the opportunity to leave our mark on the walls of the new crash (day care) at RivLife. It was our chance to be creative and to bring some life to the place where the kids will be everyday. On one wall we painted a rainbow using the kids hands, on another we painted flowers and butterflies and in the third room we pained a sun that says, "Jesus loves you" in English and IsiZulu.  

For the rainbow, we had four little girls help us and they were so well-behaved as we painted their hands and tried to explain to them what to do in English even though they don't speak English! 

Besides from painting, last Friday was a great day with the women in the support group we visit twice a week. They took us on a walk through the township where they live and we got to visit a couple of their clients. Every woman in the support group is a counselor for the red cross. They each have about 10 clients who have AIDS who they visit and they help get their medication  and other things like that. This is all volunteer work for them. 

I cannot describe what it was like to visit the two women they took us to in the community. It was hard to hear their stories and the struggles they are facing. At both homes we had the opportunity to pray for the people we were visiting. Before we prayed the women of the support group would sing. It was one of the most moving things I have ever experienced. The songs were in Zulu so I'm not sure what they songs meant. They sang so beautifully but at the same time, the songs were so sad and heartfelt.  

After these home visits we got to spend more time with the women. On Thursday night, we had made quesadillas, guacamole, and rice krispie treats to bring the women for lunch since they had made lunch for us on Tuesday. None of them had ever had this type of food before and it was funny to watch them try it. Im not too sure if they liked the quesadillas very much but they enjoyed the rice krispie treats!
After our day of spending time with the women and painting, we had to take some pictures! This "jumping" picture is a failed attempt to capture everyone in the air, but it shows our genuine laughter. And as I've mentioned before we LOVE to LAUGH!  

While taking pictures we decided to demonstrate the motions to my new favorite song the gogo Gloria from the crash taught us. It goes like this, “Jesus is ever shinning. He is ever shinning.” You then repeat those 7 words over and over until you are sure that the song will be stuck in your head for the next 3 days. It’s also my favorite thing to be sitting in Zulu class at night and have this song in my head. Thankfully, I am not alone in my misery and everyone on my team has confessed that the song also never leaves there heads either.