Doumas Down South: September Update... wait what?

Hello again everybody! September already! Where has the time gone? 5 months have gone already, it is absolutely crazy. Things around Lily have been business as usual, a lot of children and work, and not very much time! Courtney's volleyball group have not improved in the least, however they are having tons of fun. When the children show up carpentry has been great, although it is evolving into a handyman class. The youth center is nearly finished, as the Hilton Church group came back to help out again. Also my work on the kitchens has finally been going well, and have currently fixed up 5... of 22. Most of them just need a bit of "support" and caulking, but still it takes time. Soccer coaching with Pete (who is here via Ambassadors in Sport) has also been going great, and have been getting to know the people from the surrounding community more and more.

Work this month did get quite somber last week, as we had 2 separate suicide attempts, one quite more serious than the other. Both children are doing well, however it is still a serious matter that is very difficult to deal with.

Also this month we took a couple personal days to go skiing in Lesotho, the small mountain country within South Africa. We went with a few other volunteers an had an absolutely wonderful time, despite that the ski hill was a single run. Lesotho is very different from SA, a high altitude culture of shepherds and blankets! All in all it was much more for an experience than for the actual skiing, but now we can officially say we have hit the slopes in Africa!

Anyways we are very excited for family to come at the end of this month. They are collecting old soccer cleats to take to us, so if you can, please help out!! As always a huge thanks to all our supporters, we could not be here without you!