Haymarket Baptist Church Welcomed

Haymarket Team Visit
Five members from Haymarket Baptist Church in Virginia visited the Evangeline ladies on Monday. They were led by Rev. Matthew Hensley, youth minister at the church. The team included Matt's wife Dawn and three other women, Christa, Jackie and Debbie. Matt planned a visit to Cape Town to see the community development work of his friends Revs. Dawn and Jon Barnes who serve as missionaries with the United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ in East London in the Eastern Cape. When Matt looked to see what Baptist work there might be in Cape Town, he heard about me from some of the other women who had visited earlier. He checked out the EM website and contacted me. Haymarket is a special place to me. It is home when I am not in South Africa as I stay with my sister and her family and my mother there. I know it so well. But long before my sister moved to Haymarket I visited that historic white chapel in the center of that small town many times as a participant in the services for the Global Women's Day of Prayer. I represented the Baptist World Alliance. I was so pleased to speak once again at the Wednesday evening prayer meeting about the work I do here in the Cape. The team arrived, eager to see what was happening but still trying to adjust to that long haul flight and six hour time change. Each of the ladies greeted the class and Matt prayed for them. Visits like these encourage us so much and we thank you Haymarket team. Come back !