by Cammy Brantzeg
I am excited to say that a small group is planning to go to South Africa June 19th to July 1st!
Tony and I went to South Africa in March and had a fantastic time catching up with our friends and partners in South Africa. We are not comfortable planning a big trip yet but a smaller trip seemed more manageable. God seemed to bring this group together so I am excited to go on this trip and see where God leads us.
The group consists of:
- Pastor Vicki Pry - Hopewell UMC Pastor - I think Vicki said this would be her 10th trip to SA.
- Michele Zincone - Hopewell Christian Preschool Director
- Amy Straub - HCP preschool teacher & The Well After-School Program Coordinator
- Cammy Brantzeg
South Africa is entering their winter season which is rainy. The high temperatures will be in the 70s and the lows will be in the 40s. Covid cases have been increasing in South Africa so please pray this to not disrupt our trip.
I am still working out the details but, as of right today, the first half of our trip will be in Paarl Valley. We will stay at our house with Meyer, Louise and family. We are planning to spend time with the partners listed below:
- Ma's for Wellington - Programs for preschool age children
- Mosaic - After School Program
- Ma's for Wellington - Avodah program for adults with special needs
- Drankenstein Prison - I am hoping we can visit with Cornel but I haven't heard if that will be possible yet.
South Africa schools will start a school holiday on June 27th. Many programs will not be running in Mosaic Paarl Valley so our group will travel to visit Mosaic's third location Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) to spend time with a preschool that will be open over the school holiday. Mosaic PE will also be running a holiday program for their after school program while we are there so we can also meet the kids and see their holiday program.
We will do our best to post blogs while we are in South Africa to share our trip with you.
Please keep us in your prayers as we prepare for our trip.
