The Thembeni Care Point has 220 kids coming for one meal per day. This Care Point (CP) is sponsored by a Calvary Chapel church in California called Capital Beach. The church shipped over a container with food, a few bikes, soccer balls and the equipment for a new playground. Shipping time was about six weeks. The container sits on the on the CP property with Thembeni and Capital Point inscribed. There were only five kids at the CP when we arrived. The Discipleship team was also waiting on what turned out to be a cool rainy morning. The Discipleship Team (deemed the D-Team) are 3 men and 5 women who have grown up in the Manzini area and have come to know Jesus through the ministry of Pastor Tom. The D-Team travels to each CP once a week to teach and disciple the children, etc.
When we first arrived a little boy in a light jacket and shorts stood on the playground next to the monkey bars. He had wet himself. His sister sat beside him in the sand. The team leader explained that most likely he had never seen a white person or he may be new to the CP. I ached seeing him stand there with his shorts dripping wet and no one to pick him up and clean him. Yet I am told this is the best CP in the area.
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