Name: Helen Andrews
Date registered: August 31, 2011
Feb
07
I sat yesterday watching fourteen young faces looking up at me and their Bible teacher, Zodwa Hadebe, listening, giggling and willingly choosing to spend an hour of their afternoon in a Bible class. They leaned up against the back of a big, peach colored house, sitting on woven straw mats in whatever clothes they threw …
Dec
28
After two days of much needed rest, I sit here contemplating the massive tasks that face us in the next couple of weeks. ACM classes start up in such a short time and it seems like there is no way we could possibly be ready. I think that’s one big cultural difference that we’re beginning …
Dec
28
On the Wednesday before Christmas, we got out of bed in the early hours of the morning to finish last minute preparations for a funeral. A member of the church was 43 years old when she passed a week earlier, succumbing mentally and then physically to the HIV virus which effects so many lives here …
Dec
03
November has come and gone and we find the party month of December upon us. It’s summer and everything is shutting down as school lets out and workers take their vacations. Music starts bumping incredibly loud everyday instead of just the weekends. November saw many changes in our family party, our daily lives and in …
Nov
02
The ACM team is comprised of 20 or so Zulu’s of all ages, six who are full time. The six full time staff are those we see the most, around the house, the church and wherever we seem to find ourselves. They include Sabelo, Vusi, Manzini, MamaNkomo, MamaHadebe and MamaMafu. Sabelo and Vusi are brothers …
