June 26 Greetings from South Africa

Sabona (hello in Zulu), Delicious coffee cake that Shelly prepared along with a fine cup ofcoffee that Kristi made is just about the best way to cap off a greatday! It is Tuesday night and the team is about to have our nightly meeting but for now we are spending some well deserved down time.Everyone is in high spirits as we have successfully completed our lastlarge clinic.Today was the second clinic that we held at the ACM church in Empembeni. As we drove up to the church this morning there were 225people already waiting in line to be seen by the doctors. Mercy hadthe unfortunate job of telling many of them that we could only seeabout 150 people today. Still the day was a success as we were privileged to be able to meet and treat many people including some ofthe members of the Zulu Royal family. Sharon acted as our U.S.ambassador, and took care of the Royal needs and requests, and might Iadd she is a tremendous diplomat. The clinic ran smoothly today due to the amazing helpers andtranslators that have been working with us every step of the way. Infact as I was drinking my coffee a minute ago; Sharon, Sarah, Tracyand Alex were talking about how amazing our nurses have been. Katie, Kristi and Megan V. have done a great job and have helped to makethese clinics run swimmingly. (I'll be right back…) Well, we just had our team meeting for the night. It was really good,I am telling you that God has brought this team together! –Enough said. A couple of us have colds and some others have some allergyissues, so please pray for them. Prayer has been the last 'station' that people go through at theclinic. It has been a lot of fun to watch Rev. Rob, Shelly, Melissa, Cheryl, Richard, Robyn, Ian and I pray for people's concerns. I haverealized that Death is a major part of life here. A lady came backtoday to tell the people who prayed for her that she had had a fullnight's sleep last night. We prayed for her on Monday because sheasked that she would be able to sleep without being bothered by evilspirits. I don't know what you believe about God and Satan but I cantell you that God is at work with the Mafu's, with this team, in thisclinic, and most of all in these people! Every week ACM teaching over 600 children in after school bibleprograms. Many of the leaders have been our translators. Today Ian and I went with Mercy and Sabalo to pick up 40 kids to bring to theclinic. As I was driving down a dirt path with about 16 kids in theback of the rental van, yelling at everyone in the neighborhood, I hada strong sense of God's peace. The van was piercingly loud as I wastrying to shift gears around a kid trying to climb on the seat to lookout the window. But there was a strange, Redeeming, Joyful, Peaceabout bringing sick kids to see a doctor. Yesterday there was a two month old baby that was noticeablymalnourished and it captured the hearts of our team. This morning thebaby was brought back and had a noticeable improvement. This was ablessing to everyone on our team because we were able to see some of the positive effects of our efforts. Pat and Megan O. did a great job playing with the kids in line andleading people to the right places in the clinic. John and Richardplayed a bit of soccer after the clinic with some of the guys as we waited to clean everything up and head back to eSikhawini. On our wayhome it began to rain and we began to thank God that he had held backthe rain for all of our clinics. Tomorrow we will be holding another clinic and hopefully attend some of the after school bible studies. We are looking forward to theselast couple of days and we all appreciate your prayers. Please prayfor the Mafu's and for the other young leaders of ACM because theyhave had to put up with us for over a week now and I think we have worn them out! Thank you for your thoughts and prayers! Adam