Written by Ally:
"As soon as I saw some of the houses, I knew I wanted to be a missionary there. I felt so sorry for them that they had to live there. I even found out that some had to commit crimes in order to support their families. When I got to the church, there were 2 little girls and one older girl, I asked them if they wanted to play a game and they said, "Which game?" and I told them, "Hide and seek!" and that is how our friendship started. After we played the game, it started raining and we went into Pastor Thabiso's house. The grown up's went inside the church (which is a tent) and we sang a couple of songs and then everyone introduced themselves. After that, they asked me to tell them a Christian story. I sat with an interpreter and told them a story about Amy the missionary and the temple children. After that it stopped raining and one of the kids showed up with a soccer ball. One of the adults asked me if I could teach them a game to play with a ball, so I taught them how to play soccer - they absolutely loved it!! After a while I stepped out of the game, and Fred, the wiener dog, trotted over and I played with him for a bit. He ran off somewhere, so I went over to see what the adults were doing and they were preparing lunch for everyone. One of the older girls came in and I asked my mom if we brought the beach balls. She said yes, and they were in the truck, so I went and got them. I helped the girl blow them up and we started playing with them. Another girl came in and her name was Caroline and we all played with the balls. When lunch was ready, I got some and watched Fred play with a towel.
And then we were off to the orphanage. When we were there I went into the children's area and just sat there because I had on idea what to do. My mom told me to read a story, and handed me a book. I sat down in a chair and started reading. The kids payed attention for about 5 seconds - and then they went back to hugging and getting candy from the adults. After failing to keep their attention on the book, I started playing on the swing set.
When we left, I asked Tom if I could come back and he said he didn't know. I had a great time at extension 23 and made many, many friends. I hope to see them again."
...to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:12-13
