A welcome visit.
It is always so good to have visitors from anywhere, but especially from home and better yet, from the women of Virginia. Today was such a day and I loved it all the more because I was not supposed to be here. When Barbara Hoge wrote me to say she would be in Cape Town, the dates seemed to conflict with my visit to Missionsfest in Pretoria. Barbara comes from Ox Hill Baptist Church, where I have had the joy of speaking and also the home of a dear friend Joanne Hendricks a work colleague at the Baptist World Alliance. Barbara was in Port Elizabeth to quilt, prayer walk and show the Jesus film as part of an evangelistic tour. How delighted I was when Barbara called and I had one day left and she and her team, just an hour before she had to go to the airport. Thankfully you can accomplish a lot in one hour. Apart from lots of hugs they were welcomed by John Thomas pastor of Fish Hoek Baptist Church who gave them a brief history of the ministry here with people who live with HIV and AIDS. Since it was not a class day, they saw sewing machines but also met Khumi Morare, one of the first graduates of the sewing program here. And it all happened on day filled with Cape sunshine. a great visit.
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