The End is... Here!

Hello!

It seems a little unreal that I am writing this update right now. We always knew it was going to end, but now that we have left Lily and are on our way home, it is a little sad! We are not ready to leave, but we are ready to be home. I am updating this from Frank and Moniques home in Pretoria right now, spending the last few days with family here, before we fly out on Wednesday.

Sorry about the big gap in between updates, our time since Christmas has been absolutely crazy busy. We moved down to the conference center, Courtney's mom came for a couple weeks, and we were just wrapping up all our final jobs.  Even when Courtney's mom was here we were only able to take a few days off, just because we had too much to finish! We won't go into any detail, it was all our standard regular work, with the added bonus of scrambling to pack up and leave.

We would like to ask for prayer at this time not just for ourselves, but for Lily. Since the new year they have had 2 major break-ins, as well as a couple of attempts. It is always scary to know that people have been around at night scoping things out on the same property you have been living on. Also in Mophela (township around Lily) there has been some problems lately, including 2 murders outside the main store, which is just 1 km from Lily. Pray that this will stop so that the people can do their work. We would also just appreciate prayer for our journey home.

As I said we fly out Wednesday, then 4 nights in London with friends, then home to Canada one week from today, on Monday. The Lord willing we will see all you Canadians then!!!!

Gregg and Courtney

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Veranda Gregg built

Rylee helping J wash the car.

Holiday Wind- Down

Hello Everybody!

We trust everybody had a wonderful Christmas  and a very happy New Year. The best description for our holiday season is that it was very "different". Christmas Eve was a busy day preparing for Christmas itself. Christmas day I had to wake up at 4 am to start roasting a pig. We had a service with the kids, and then spent the rest of the day setting up for the huge dinner. The pork was incredible, but I am still not convinced it was worth waiting around a fire for over 12 hours! We had a few relaxed days after Christmas, just hanging about with the kids, until we had to move before New Years. Courtney and I are now living in the conference center, as Lily has run out of accommodation. House 17 is now been occupied by the new village manager and his wife. We have been lucky to have the conference center to ourselves, until today. It is a 9 bedroom building, so we will have to make due living amongst other people until we leave, which is now less than 5 weeks away! New Years Eve was marked by more work as we put on another dinner. Andy (another volunteer from the UK) and myself we in charge of fireworks, which most of the children really enjoyed.



This is the last week of holiday for the kids, so things have started to go back to usual. I have been working again, and Courtney has been helping with a holiday club to entertain the children. I have been tasked with building a large veranda on a building which should prove to be a fun project, so we will keep you updated on that!

Courtney's mom is coming next Monday for a couple weeks which will be quite nice. It is always great having people to share the experience with. Unfortunately we can't take to much time off while she is around because it is our final month, but we know she is coming for a certain little girl who will be happy to see her grandma!


We thank everybody for their continued support, and look forward to seeing you all in 7 weeks time!

Life Gaurd

Might be a little over capacity...

Christmas Day, 5 hours into the roast!

Handing out presents.

Christmas dinner.

He's only happy because of how much cake he has.

Turns out the beach is pretty busy on Reconciliation Day (Boxing day)

New Years Eve braai

Dishing out.

New Years Eve Party

About a quarter of our fire works