Amazing Cape Town Experiences

On Wed., March 24th, we had an incredible day. The focus for the team was to spend time at Camp Sonshine. This ministry works with children from an extremely poor area of Cape Town that need help with education basics. Because the local public school can have up to 55+ students in a class (one teacher, no assistant). As a result, many students fall through the massive cracks - often failing to learn to even read and write. Camp Sonshine works on the public school campus in cooperation with the school. The Camp Sonshine staff is able to pull students out from their normal classes to tutor them in reading, writing and math. The goal is to bring the students up to basic education standards - so that ultimately they can attend and succeed in high school. After a few hours at the school, we were taken by Alison (Camp Sonshine) to meet two families that are being touched by the program. The first family lived in a 10x12 metal shack (think tool shed). In it, 5 people slept - and lived. No heat, no electric, no water, no sewer, no heat. All this and a 8 month old baby! The baby could not have been any sweeter or happier with us. Next we met Amy - an incredible woman of God. Here refrigerator was empty, her 39 yr old son was laying in his room recovering from a gunshot wound - yet, she beamed a faith in God and His goodness that broke the team into tears. Following these visits, the team went shopping for both families - allowing us to present them with food and key provisions. We will never forget our time with these two families.
Brian Sholly