We woke up early again to the “caw!” of our favorite noisy birds. A simple breakfast and a prayer sent us out to the school we attempted the day before. An unexpected crowd of over 1,100 kids met us in the schoolyard. We recognized some of the children from our visit to the squatter camp on the previous day. We were astounded by the discipline of these children when we compared them to our experience of school children in the U.S. Kelly shared her testimony with the children on a microphone! She never expected to do such a thing but God gave her the courage and the words to have an effect on these children. We sang a few fun songs and handed out some worship CDs. Pastor Willie spoke to the children with stories and parables about how Jesus can make their lives complete.
We followed our school visit with our second visit to the Joburg prison. A large inflatable pool was being filled in preparation for baptisms that morning. We led the prisoners in some songs, shared some testimonies, and worshiped with them as about 35 men were baptized. Several others decided to give their lives to Jesus that morning as well. We learned that many of the other men present had been baptized in previous years because of Pastor Willie’s ministries. It was a beautiful sunny day, unlike the rainy one the day before. Jonathan met one man named John who is scheduled for release in a few months. John said that he has been studying broadcasting while in prison and plans to use his knowledge and skills to spread the Gospel when he gets out.
John is the man on the right with dreadlocks, in the photo below:
We spent part of the afternoon searching for souvenirs at the Bruma Open Air Market. This is very similar to an American craft market or a flea market. Some of the items sold there were of questionable quality. Many of the sales people were very pushy and would tell you anything to make a sale. It was very annoying at first but after a while, it became fun to see what kind of outrageous claims the salespeople would make. We al caught a little sunburn and carted home some bargained trinkets.
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