Egg Babies

    My kids are at the age where their bodies are starting to transition from children to teenagers.  Sex is a topic that is avoided by most schools and families in this area of the world.  It is easier for people to avoid the consequences that come along with choosing to have sex.  AIDS is so rampant here that people have started to think that it is so normal.  Nomsa and I decided that it would be important to have the sex talk with the students.  We split the kids up by boys and girls, and talked about sex.  It was pretty hard to start the discussion, and the girls were slightly embarrassed, but once it got going it was apparent that they had many questions.  We had the girls write any questions they had about sex, AIDS, boys, or puberty.  While we were discussing Nomsa felt like it would be important for the kids to feel like they really had a baby.  She decided that we would give each child an egg and they take care of it for a week.  So they next day I brought in three-dozen eggs, and they kids went to town painting their “babies”.  It has humorous to watch the kids come in each day and tell their stories of broken eggs, or to see the kids with their egg wrapped in a blanket with a bottle.  When the week was finished there was only one egg left, but the kids realized that their whole life changed when they had to carry around a raw egg with them all the time.  Raw eggs cannot be easily left next to the fence when you go to play soccer, just the same with babies.
    If you are looking for some way to support me, or these kids, they could really use hygiene products.  Things like deoderant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, feminine products, and even soap.  These are some things that we take advantage of in the states, we assume that we will always have it, but these kids don’t have the same resources.  I would love to be able to provide the kids with these things while showing them how important their hygiene is. Also if you could pray for me right now that would be great.  I am waiting to hear if I got the leadership position for a team that will come here in June.  This will give me a chance to stay in Jbay for another three months!  But right now it is really up to God.