Something smells funny

The road from the house to the tarred main road is about 4 miles of dirt. The road was graded on Sunday and was then sprayed with this stuff.  It smelt very weird and finally we figured it out what it was; a form of molasses.  The molasses fills the holes in the road and keeps the dust down. However, the downside is that it corrodes your car if you don't clean it off. 

We are often blessed with gifts from the people.  When they have little, they love to share. Last weekend, we were given 30 green mealies (white corn on the cob) that you roast over an open fire. We never refuse any gift, it is special when given from the heart. This week we received tomatoes. When our garden has produce ready, we plan on sharing the fruits with those around us. 

There have been a couple of praises that has happened in the last couple of days. The first is that we were able to get Vusile an appointment in Mbabane for his dislocated shoulder. The appointment is set for August. 

Secondly, we (Chips) received the green light for expanding into two new settlements. We will be doing a presentation about Chips in Khumba and Mgldzangcunu in the upcoming weeks. Additionally, all the stable Chips patients will be transfered over a 4 month period to the care of the Vuvulane clinic. This will free up additional resources to address the more critical needs of new patients. There are a couple meetings that we have lined up for this next week; to see if the Vuvulane care point needs our help and how we could help, and to see if we can set up another Crossroads training in Vuvulane.