Hand-in-Hand

This past Thursday and Friday we got to do something for the first time in our internship. We got to help out with Hand-in-Hand, Thrive Africa's pastor training program. It generally manifests itself as conferences or seminars for African Pastors and their wives. We helped out by setting up and tearing down as well as helping hand out lunch (KFC!)and facilitating tea breaks. A few observations:

1:The conference was at Charles Mopeli Stadium, the major soccer stadium in Qwa Qwa (in one of the meeting rooms). It was fantastic to be in the stadium and see the field. Even better there was a full 8-lane track around the field. Very cool.

2:African Pastors know how to pray. When they got started it didn't matter I only know a few sentences in sesotho, I felt spiritual.

3: The conference as a whole went very well. The pastors were excited and were totally into the material. A pastor from Michigan and her friend came to speak about the importance of working as a team. It was really good. They even had gifts from America for all the pastors.

It was a nice change of pace and a very cool experience. Till my next entry.