South Africa
August 10, 2010
January 2010, six people from our two churches, St. Paul’s and Trinity ventured to South Africa. These six (Jerry Franke, David Kahle, Mark and Karen Brandt, Margie and I) joined a group of thirty persons from churches in the Southwestern Minnesota Synod who visited our brothers and sisters in Christ in the Southwestern part of South Africa.
-Pastor Bill Nelson
“The road of life twists and turns, and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”
The road of life....
First day in Capetown South Africa
Shanties seen while driving
Housing conditions
Bethel Lutheran Church near Vryheid
Animals roam near Bethel Church and School
Bethel School K-12 650 students
inside Bethel Church
Children that attend church
Housing
Giraffe seen along roads
Housing
Poor housing conditions
Jerry presenting gifts from St Pauls Lutheran Gaylord, MN
Housing
child in hospital
Rural living
Beautiful Country
Jerry's Host Family
