MARK AND THE GUYS

Mark, Sibo, Bongani and Themba working on paving a very washed away front driveway to Sunbury.

Our dog Jamie, becoming known as Wonderdog, is supervising the men as they work from the front seat of the Sunbury bakkie (pickup truck). She's also making sure Mark doesn't go off somewher without her.

One of the ways Mark loves best to do maintenance, is having all the guys working near him. Here Bongani is working on the gardens while Mark, Sibo and Themba pave the driveway leading up to the main gate of Sunbury. This gives good quality time to hang out and chat about each others lives. Doing this he learned that Sibo has tried going to the Zion church here in San Souci (our local village). None of these church members are presently coming to ZEBS. We also learned recently that Zandi, another employee of Sunbury is also a Zionist. She seems interested in coming to ZEBS.

Its been such a joy to me to see the relationships grow between Mark and these 3 men over the years. To see them being trained in more and more skills and to see them become so self starting. There are ups and downs as in any work situation, but overall its great to know that they 'see' what needs doing and when Mark is low they step up and fill in.

Pray that the local Zionists around Sunbury would hear that they too are welcome to come and learn the Bible at the Sunbury Bible School the first weekend of each month.

Pray too for the young men of San Souci... for an openness to want something different for their lives.