Dwaleni is known as a "tough neighborhood". It's Ten Thousand Homes' youngest and largest feeding scheme. I have no statistics and know few stories, but in this community furthest off the tar road, the kids seem to be more hungry and more vulnerable. They long for touch, but sometimes pull away in fear when you reach out. You can see broken stories in their eyes, in the holes in their uniforms and school shoes, and in the need you feel radiating off of their bodies as they cling to you wherever you are going.
In the midst of poverty are some of the most loving and creative minds I've encountered. They are brilliant, beautiful, and I believe doors are opening for relationships, discipleship and Home. This Thursday after the feeding, the children didn't want to go and the volunteers lingered longer than ever. When we finally had to pull away, the children ran after the bakkie waving, shouting and wanting just one more glance from us. I haven't been able to get these faces and this community off my mind since then.
Please pray with us for Hope and Home to manifest and spread to each of these little lives and their big stories.
And just look at how perfect they are...
thanks for making me cry also
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