Hey readers

So today was our last day at LIV. We spent the morning running a holiday club for the kids which was absolutely mental! Hokey kokey, songs, dancing and all sorts, the kids really we’re going all out with their energy. Was also wonderful just to laugh and dance and play in the midday sun.

After lunch we were invited by to a farewell service which pretty much all the village turned up too. We did some awards such as the ‘Michael Shumacher’ award for the “best” driver and others like ‘Mr Biceps’ and ‘Rise and Shine’. Some of the Soul Survivor team, included myself, were invited to share our thoughts about our time here and what God has taught us, while also giving encouragement for the village people.

Gods definitely broken my heart for this village and the surrounding community. Showing me how, for some of them, they have next to nothing but their hope in Jesus is more than sufficient and God really does provide for his people. After sharing, we were invited to take part in traditional Zulu worship lead by workers from the village. Bear in mind this required singing and dancing! For many of us it was such an overwhelming experience and definitely an experience I’ll remember for the rest of my life.

Titch and Joan then shared with us their prayers to encourage us to keep pressing into God and following his call. They then gave us all a unique key-ring to take away with us to remember them by.

Then came the goodbye, which all got quite emotional, especially with some of the kids who’d taken a particular shining to me. But God is good, and if it’s his will, maybe I’ll be back within the next couple of years to visit them again. We were also able to go visit the completed house in Cottonlands, that we’d been building while we were here. The mother was so grateful and yet again it was emotional to say goodbye to her and the surrounding community who had welcomed us in. Regardless God will keep providing for LIV village and those living in Cottonlands. God will keep shining through that light on a hill into the darkness and change lives. God is doing amazing things in this part of the world, definitely worth every moment.

Blessings

H T Warrell

P.S. Above is my wonderful team just after we finished the vegetable patch at the house