We are now in Cape Town. We spent the day yesterday reconnecting with some friends from Ohio. Our friends, William and Pat Carter from Dayton, Ohio, are now living in Cape Town working with the Peace Corps. They visited a few years ago, and decided to return to offer their assistance as Peace Corp volunteers. We had a wonderful reunion and got some time to go to the beach for a look at the sunset. It is still very chilly here. It is difficult to get used to winter in June, but the friendship helped to keep us warm.
The highlight of our visit with William and Pat was the introduction to Wendy Ryan. Wendy is from Falls Church, VA, but a native of Trinidad Tobago. She visited South Africa five years ago, and was touched by the overwhelming need of women suffering from HIV/AIDS.
In January 2006, Evangeline Ministries was founded by missionary Wendy Ryan in Cape Town, South Africa to help women and men who live with HIV and AIDS develop skills to help them earn a living for themselves and their children; and to give them hope as they live with this disease — all in the name of Jesus Christ.
Evangeline Ministries works in partnership with the Living Hope Community Center Trust to offer skills training in the form of sewing classes, computer classes and business classes. Additionally, the program generates income for the women and their families as they sew and sell attractive African inspired handbags.
We are so impressed with what Wendy is doing that we promised to join her effort and determine how we can help when we return to the USA.
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