Hey everyone, sorry I've been useless at sending updates - computer access is rather limited, though we do now have internet at the house which is all good.
So we're all sorted with our timetables now. Helping at pre-schools singing songs, telling stories and just spending time with the children. Some of the schools are literally just a room, and there are around 40-50 children there. If it rains there's hardly room for them all inside. Another project the whole team is taking part in is Wonderful Me, where we go into a primary school in Diepsloot (a nearby township) and teach them how much God loves them and helping them understand how they are unique and their potential. So many of them have amazing dreams but do not think that they can accomplish them and find it hard to accept that someone loves them for who they are. This week we gave them a photo of themselves to put on their booklets and some of them became quite emotional... We are also starting this week at another project called I am Special to speak about 'good and bad touch' to younger children. Last week we spoke about feelings and it was quite upsetting to hear that some felt scared or sad and this week we hope to identify if some are being abused. We've also been teaching sex-ed lessons in a different Diepsloot school hoping to raise self-esteem and increase awareness and understanding about issues like sex, human traffiking and having respect for our bodies. The enthusiasm towards us in the school is overwhelming! The students are always willing to get up and dance or sing in front of the class and clap whenever we enter or leave :-)
I've also started helping with a science club on a tuesday afternoon at a school in Cosmo. They have absolutely no equipment so our work is very limited but they all enjoy learning and seem to get so much out of the time spent with them there!
I would write more now but I'm running out of internet credit! I will write again soon.
Please pray for my other team members who have started helping with various admin tasks and have a seemingly endless list of tasks to do that they will just find the strength and energy to do everything asked of them with joy as working for God.
Hope everyone is well and speak soon
Love Cat
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