Day 4 - Church
Door: Fleur van der Ven
Blijf op de hoogte en volg Fleur
20 April 2014 | Zuid-Afrika, Port Elizabeth
This morning we went to the church in Motherwell. I don't know if you could call it a proper church because it is a house made of gulf plates. It was very inspiring to see how strong people believe in God here, they are so passionate about it, they shout Hallelujahs and Amens whenever they feel the urge. It's nice to see that people are so happy while they live in such poverty. Because it was easter people hired suits for which they probably got a loan at the bank.
Church here is special, there is so much difference between the churches here and in Holland. People here make a big party of church with a lot of dancing. In the speeches we've be thanked several times by pastor Mozes. People here are so grateful to have us and give us so much love, it's unbelievable. After the service we were treated like celebrities, everyone wanted to take a picture with us! It's not often that white people visit their church.
After the service we went to Kevin and Louise's place. They are also volunteers for Thamsanqa. Every weekend they take a few children from the project home with them so that they can swim in there pool and relax a little. It's amazing to see that those children immediatly love you and accept you. And that even though they have only known you for a few hours, they already fall asleep on your lap while hugging them.
In the evening we went to Boardwalk. It's a very big shopping mall with different parts connected by bridges over water. There are a lot of palm trees planted and there are fountains everywhere. We ate our dinner at Antonio's a lovely Italien restaurant.
Tommorow we'll start working at the project Thamsanqa, I can't wait!
Greetings from South-Africa!
Church here is special, there is so much difference between the churches here and in Holland. People here make a big party of church with a lot of dancing. In the speeches we've be thanked several times by pastor Mozes. People here are so grateful to have us and give us so much love, it's unbelievable. After the service we were treated like celebrities, everyone wanted to take a picture with us! It's not often that white people visit their church.
After the service we went to Kevin and Louise's place. They are also volunteers for Thamsanqa. Every weekend they take a few children from the project home with them so that they can swim in there pool and relax a little. It's amazing to see that those children immediatly love you and accept you. And that even though they have only known you for a few hours, they already fall asleep on your lap while hugging them.
In the evening we went to Boardwalk. It's a very big shopping mall with different parts connected by bridges over water. There are a lot of palm trees planted and there are fountains everywhere. We ate our dinner at Antonio's a lovely Italien restaurant.
Tommorow we'll start working at the project Thamsanqa, I can't wait!
Greetings from South-Africa!
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21 April 2014 - 08:33
Rianne Van Der Ven:
Fleur wat leuk om te horen dat je zo welkom bent.ik hoop dat je morgen een leuke dag hebt en doe je best!groetjes mama
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21 April 2014 - 10:06
Marloes Verstegen:
Leuk om je verhalen te lezen Fleur! Veel plezier en succes nog! xMarloes -
21 April 2014 - 14:06
Ella Vos:
Hey FLeur.
Fijn dat het goed met je gaat.
geniet ervan. Dit ga je niet zo vaak meemaken.
Pas goed op jezelf. En veel succes!
Groetjes vosjes
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