The Warehouse works in partnership with churches in Cape Town, South Africa as they respond to the poverty and injustice that pervades society.
Maurie, volunteer and tour guide.
We got a chance to work in the warehouse sorting clothes.
Frances getting instructions.
Gillian, project director for Workspring at The Warehouse gave an overview of her program and her testimony.
We had lunch at Maphindi's Butchery, which wasn't a primo selection for our four vegetarians. It is located in the township Gugulethu, and operated by Kyle Maphindi who hosted us. It is a self serve BBQ (braai). You select your meat, pat for it, throw it on a grill and grill it yourself or tip the workers to grill it for you. Fascinating experience, and extremely commendable employer in this highly unemployed community.
O Lord,
we can never fully comprehend
the length, breadth, depth and height of your love:
but we pray that that love may so transform us
through your suffering
as to make us reach out to
the despairing and the desperate
and work for peace and reconciliation between all people:
for Jesus’ sake, hear our prayer. Amen.
—Douglas Bax, Cry Justice! Prayers, Meditations and Readings from South Africa
We had the privilege of listening and interacting with The Revd Douglas Bax who is a Calvin scholar and Presbyterian minister active in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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