Simplicity!
I look back at my time in Lesotho and the best word that describes this country is simplicity. Life was peaceful there! There were lots of shepherds and farmers. You walked or were fortunate enough to have a horse to ride or a vehicle. One main road, with people selling things and a few stores. I stayed in touch with my family and friends by going to an internet cafe which was where we sat in a store and paid to use their wifi. Other than that, I was off the grid for 3.5 weeks of simplicity.
We partnered with Harvesters Christian Church/School. I did many tasks while I was there; for example; kids ministry. Every day before school started we (the team) would rotate sharing bible stories and playing games! We lead a game day at the school for all the students. Friday nights were youth nights where we worshiped, shared something from the Bible or testimony and then we played games.
Unrelated to kids/youth ministry was taking turns going to the hospital. Because of Covid, we weren’t allowed in the hospital, but we took turns sharing something from the bible while people waited to go inside the hospital.
Another aspect of ministry was doing a little bit of manual labor. The church was adding on to their building and they asked us to start the foundation. We would go into the fields at the church/school property, collect rocks, and would lay the rocks to make a flat surface on the ground. The next step was to pour concrete over the rocks to have a firm foundation.
We also did 1 full day of walking an hour to the next town to help build a church. The men were pouring the cement, while we walked back and forth to fill up jugs of water to mix the cement.
Our team lived with a young couple and this was such a sweet experience! They couple loved hosting teams and we enjoyed getting to know them, playing games and eating meals together. It was even a time to see how our cultures are so different as we learn what they value living in a country that doesn’t focus on materialistic things.
I’ll forever cherish my short time there!
Next blog: two stories about my time in Lesotho!
