Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Spirit of Ubuntu -- Our Hosts Make This a Real Homecoming

I want to pause and take the time to recognize our hosts on this wonderful trip.  We are wonderfully blessed to have friends to host us a half world away.  Below are brief profiles of our hosts so far.  We will update this as our journey continues.

June 2nd through June 4th -- Daniel and Sophie Ledwaba, in Soshanguve, South Africa.

Daniel is a an entrepreneur and preacher with the Church of Christ in Soshanguve.  They have two adult children and two grandchildren.  They own and operate an electronics repair business.  The Church of Christ at Soshanguve has been a key participant in our missionary work.

The Ledwabas have been very active in our missionary activities.  They helped to organize two major exchange trips to the USA.  The most prominent trip was to host 30 young people - The Voices of Praise from the Motherland -in a tour of several states in 2000.  We provided these youngsters with the "exerience of a lifetime." 

Now Daniel and Sophie are helping to make this a trip of a lifetime for us.


June 5th through 9th  -- Dennis and Dolena Malepa, in Gaborone, Botswana

Dennis Malepa is a preacher with the Broadhurst Church of Christ in Gaborone.  His wife, Dolena works in the Environmental Agency of the Botswana Goovernment.  They have four children -- 2 girls and two boys.  Their youngest is a 17 year-old in high school.

His family helped to make our first trip to Botswana a memorable one.




June 10th through June 13th -- Dolphy and Johanna Montoedi, in Atteridgeville, South Africa.

Dolphy and Johanna (far left and far right) were among our very first friends when we lived in South Africa in the 90's. 

Dolphy is retired, and Johanna works for the Tshwane City Government. They are pictured here with their children and two grandchildren. We enjoyed our stay with them and reflecting on the days when their children were in high school.


We will provide an introduction to our remaining hosts as our journey continues.  We are wonderfully blessed to share the hospitality of these Christian friends.

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