Talk about being blessed! We spent six hours in church on Sunday. First we worshiped at the Charity and Faith main church. This church is very large and seats over one thousand people. Church was packed, church was live, church was nothing short of a worship fest! The pastor preached two complete sermons over the three hour period and the worship team sang the most beautiful songs. Some were in English and some were not. We later found out that while we thought the service was done in two languages (Pastor Titus had a man named Moses up front with him translating the message for those who did not speak English), Moses was actually alternating speaking about four other languages. After worship at the Charity main church we went to one of the branch churches a few miles away. There we experienced another three hour service that was very different. Jet lag caught up with us during the second service so we went outside to play with the children who were hanging out around the church. It was a sight to see Daisia racing a little six year old through the dirt in her skirt and flats. It was quite an experience.
After church we prepared to spend Sunday night with an African family. We were paired with a 27 year old woman named Kelebogile. She is a member of the worship team at the main church and she was so much fun! When she found us a the church there were about four other people who were really sad because they were hoping to have Daisia overnight. One lady asked us to split up for the night because she wanted Daisia to stay with her and her daughter. It has been so funny to see how the people of Mamelodi are so drawn to us, especially Daisia, because they say we look like Mamelodians. Several women have asked if they can have her as their daughter.
We visited Kelebogile's parents George and Mpho and met her sister Kamagelo and her brother Katlego. After our visit we met up with Kelebogile's friends at Pastor Titus' former residence. It was a huge estate with a large house and three guest houses. Every house had a thatched roof. We were a little freaked out when we realized that there were no ceilings in the house, only the very tall, vaulted thatched roof. The bedrooms smelled like grass but it was very beautiful and pretty exotic. We ate dinner with Kelebogile, her friends and the Americans they were hosting there. We talked about their excitement with Barack Obama and African politics. After dinner we stayed up most of the night laughing and talking with Kelebogile who we call Lebo. It was a great experience and everyone was so welcoming.
Ke a Leboha (thank you) to all of you for giving us this opportunity. We are blessed to have friends and family who love us!
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I would have loved to have seen Daisia race the little girl. Racing wearing a skirt and flats reminds me of 2 kids riding their bikes all over town for a summer adventure...LOL
Tesha
Day 4 Sunday Dinner for Emorie and Malea- weeellllll, it started out pretty good and healthy with celery and ranch dressing, grilled cheese, and grapes. THEN, somehow we matched graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmellows in the microwave for 20 seconds!! MAN, we can't wait for you to get back to show you (well re-show you) this treat....some people call them somores or something like that. Night cap was waffles with syrup! love you....DJ
I feel exhausted just hearing of that first day and night, but I can imagine what fun it was staying up late talking, in spite of the jet lag.
I can certainly understand why they wanted to steal Daisia from you, Mikka.
I don't know why I am being listed as Margaret Anne. I must have been on on google before with someone who calls me my childhood name, because it said that I was already a member.
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