June 30 - Container or not, here we come!

The container had not arrived.  And so the week had to be rescheduled.

We started the day by going to the main CMC church in Matsapha, with the intention of picking up some translators and then going to the orphan care point in Manzini.  We actually learned that there would be no children at the care point until 2pm so we stayed at CMC Matsapha until around 12:30.  We stacked the chairs in the church and swept and mopped the floor.  Also did a little planning and prep for the day and some of us took a trip over the hill into the neighborhood across the street.  

We spent most of the afternoon at the orphan care point, where saw the improvements that have been made since our last trip:  an addition on the building, significant work in the garden, and brand new toilets (not the flush kind, the pit kind, but new!)

I had fun singing songs with the kids.  I sang songs that I had learned in Swaziland, and they seem surprised (and somewhat impressed) that I knew  "I am the winner" and "Le Ligama le Inkhosi" (translation: "The Name of the King").

Enjoy the pictures!

-Mdu

Collette, who runs the orphan care point, stands with several of the children who have come for lunch.  

Collette shows the new addition to several team members.

Two of our team members, Michelle and Carrie, served the children as they came through the line.  The simple meal consisted of corn "mealy pap" and bean stew.