We welcomed a group of young people from Australia to our class. They came because they wanted to see our work and also share, through drama, the message of hope in Jesus Christ. They did a five minute silent play accompanied by music. When they were done, Mrs Minah Keola, the wife of my pastor at the Muizenberg Community Church, translated what they had demonstrated. In their play, they depicted young people on drugs or wasted by alcohol and even someone who tried to commit suicide. I was concerned that the class might not understand this, but they did with spontaneous applause and smiles afterward. There was however a bigger result. How could they have known that, sitting in the sewing class was a young women who had recently tried to commit suicide. God knew. When I told them that afterwards, they were amazed, speechless, moved to tears.
This blog is about the work Wendy Ryan does with women who live with HIV and AIDS in cape Town, South Africa and her experiences with them and the country.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Visitors touch lives
We welcomed a group of young people from Australia to our class. They came because they wanted to see our work and also share, through drama, the message of hope in Jesus Christ. They did a five minute silent play accompanied by music. When they were done, Mrs Minah Keola, the wife of my pastor at the Muizenberg Community Church, translated what they had demonstrated. In their play, they depicted young people on drugs or wasted by alcohol and even someone who tried to commit suicide. I was concerned that the class might not understand this, but they did with spontaneous applause and smiles afterward. There was however a bigger result. How could they have known that, sitting in the sewing class was a young women who had recently tried to commit suicide. God knew. When I told them that afterwards, they were amazed, speechless, moved to tears.
Labels:
Thank you Australia
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment