Soccer in Mangala

On Sunday, we had a sleep-in...yay! Then we had church, which was great. Even though we can't understand the language, it is still wonderful to be able to get together and sing and worship God with people from all over the world (Holland, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand etc). Half way thorugh the service, we went out with the children and they had Sunday school. We played Kings, Queens and Jacks first - and the kids thought Ben and my attempt to play was hilarious (we lost badly).

In the afternoon we went to Mangala to watch the Living Waters' soccer team play - it is amazing to see the difference between the two places, even though they are only 10 minutes apart. Living Waters has no rubbish, fresh water, clean clothed children etc while Mangala was strewn with rubbish, most of the houses were half finished and the children were dirty and many malnourished. It was very sad to see, but also highlighted the amazing work that is going on here and the hope and future it gives to the children.

Ben made friends with some of the local kids and spent the time playing with them (in fact, none of us really paid much attention to the soccer match)- here are some of his photos...