New friends, HFL supporters
and trained masseuses Cary C. and Barb D. are once again heading back to the
Limpopo Province of South Africa to lend their helping hands.
Last year, after being
introduced to HFL through children’s book author and longtime HFL supporter
Cristina Kessler, Cary and Barb ventured far from their St John home to the
Limpopo Province in hopes of assisting our South African friends. Not only were
Cary and Barb immediately put to work building, painting and repairing but
eventually they discovered a ‘need’ that was quite familiar to them and to
which they readily responded.
With an interpreter by their
side, Cary and Barb found themselves giving healing massages to the weary
caregivers who spend their days caring for orphans, the elderly, convalescing
patients and/or HIV+ individuals.
This practice was so well
received that Cary and Barb returned last week to visit various villages in the
Limpopo Province with the intention of training South African villagers to
offer this healing touch to other needy women.
Through the generosity of family and friends, Cary and Barb are
returning with monetary donations, which will be used to set up their program
and to buy necessary equipment.
Please follow their progress
through our blogs, ‘Favorite Links’ on
our HFL website (www.hopeforlimpopo.org)
or their FB page at https://www.facebook.com/CaryAndBarbs2013SouthAfricaTrip.
