Second Week in Cape Town

Our last week in Cape Town went by too quickly and we've been terribly behind in keeping up with the blog...mainly because our evening team meetings have been so rich with stories, insights, testimonies, laughters, and tears. We just couldn't peel ourselves away from each other to sit in front of the computer and write! Here's a reader's digest version of our second week:

Monday - construction team 1 (Ethan, Amanda) started building a new house for a lady whose house was burned in the Red Hill fire while team 2 (Jon and I) continued building cabinets in Living Hope's Oceanview office. Tammy and Steve D visited patients at home with community based care workers and Susan went out and bought bikes for the kids in Red Hill (unfortunately we didn't have time to put them together).

Tuesday - weather did not cooperate and our trip with the home carers up to Table Mountain was cancelled due to high winds and the "Tablecloth" surrounding the mountaintop! Contingency plan took us to the aquarium instead.

Wednesday - construction teams 1 and 2 continued while team 3 (Steve D and Pam and Mike from Brentwood Baptist) started a cabinet and counter project in the Masi clinic. Tammy and Susan visited with community based carers. Afternoon was our last kids club in Red Hill. Farewell dinner with our new friends from South Africa.

Thursday - construction teams completed their projects (well, the house in Red Hill is 90% done, to be completed by the good folks at All Nations). Jon, Susan and I visited with community based carers. We spent the afternoon packing and hanging out with our new friends as they all stopped by to see us off.

I hope to get some time to put up a couple more reflective posts later; so even though we might be back, stay tuned for more posts later this weekend.