Packing

We had a quick trial run with the girls to see if all the bags (and us) could fit in the car for the drive to the airport. We are excited to be leaving on Monady.

Family Picture

After MUCH effort, namely telling the kids to look at the camera and keep smiling, we finally managed a family pic that will become our new prayer card!

These last couples weeks I've been heading out with Kyle on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to the hospice support groups to teach a lesson on hand washing. This was my first lesson done all in Zulu! I was pretty excited to hear the reactions and get their feedback on my Zulu progress.

We used a product called Glow Germ which I used in nursing school and in hand washing checks at my job. The ladies would apply some of the special lotion and then wash their hands as best as they could. Then we looked at their hands with a black light and any of the remaining lotion that they didn't wash off "glowed". It was a great exercise to demonstrate how germs can hide on our hands and be tricky to wash off. We talked about how germs are spread and how they make us sick. The response was very positive and people were pretty surprised to see "glowing germs" still left around their fingernails and such.
Hopefully, God will provide more opportunities for teaching and further growth in the language!

Holiday Bible Club

Every July our church hosts a Holiday Bible Club. It is just like a VBS, running all week with puppets, crafts, games and class time. This year we averaged around 150 kids each day aging 4-12 years old. I helped with crafts and Kyle did games. He also played a character called Dr. Dig-a-fossil-up. The pictures are of him and another missionary having fun with a skit.

Holiday Bible Club

Treating wounds

There have been a lot of new things here in South Africa to learn, especially in the medical area! Different drug names, cultural expressions of health and illness, beliefs about diseases, etc. There are a lot of skin conditions that I had never seen before, but are quite common here.

This week, I finally felt confident enough to take my medical bag along to the orphanage to treat wounds and discuss skin conditions with the house moms.

While I was treating one of the girls, the house moms found my stethoscope! They had a blast listening to their heartbeats and asking questions. I was great to "be of service!"

Swaziland Trip

We took a trip north to a bordering country to visit some medical missionaries. They go out 3 times a week all over the country with providing a mobile medical clinic. We were privileged to join them for a clinic day and help out however we could.

The girls had a great time playing with their 7 year old triplet boys, chasing the chickens in their yard and helping out with the clothing distribution.

I enjoyed following around Echo (a PA) and learning all that I could.

Kyle was able use his Zulu (sounds a lot like Swati which is what they speak there) and present the gospel as people came to see the doctor.