For my first blog entry, I'd like to just say how great the youth are.



We just finished a session (3 hours long!) where the Wesley Guild (youth) of Freedom Park Methodist Church here next to Eldorado Park (a tin roofed wooden structure in a very poor area) led everyone in a time of sharing about issues in South Africa and in America. They even had us sing the national anthems of each country. Then mixed us up and put us in small groups so we weren't sitting by nationality. Those SA youth led the whole thing, speaking with great confidence and engaging us all in dialogue.



Some of our youth stood and spoke and led singing well: Keller, Marie Claire, TJ, and Meredith. Mike Dubose also spoke well for the parents about the kind of concerns we have that are so similar to theirs. We're now, all of us with many of the Come Back Mission leaders, once again in a warm home on a cold night awaiting an abundance feast. As the adults fade, the young people (ours and theirs) seem to picking up energy. Will make for an interesting evening.

Peace to you all.

Steve