Feb. 16. 2007…Prayers answered to the robbery

Today I spent another day at Mohau. The children are soo great there and the caregivers today were incredible…they really spoke to the children in an appropriate way as well as to make sure the English speaking volunteers/interns could understand what they were saying to the children. The children and caregivers all speak Tswana, English and some speak Zulu. For the most part Tswana is spoken at all times. When I arrived to the Centre today I was introduced to a group of volunteers with Adventures in Missions most of them come from the southern states (Louisiana, Georgia, Carolina’s, etc). I only met 3 of them but they are a team of 18. We are thinking of having some of them over for dinner sometime soon to be able to gain some insight from them as to what they have learned thus far (they have been here since Sept.) Also, today when I got home Rach was telling me a sequence of events that lead to the robbers being found out. So here it goes…In a town Soshanguve (about 45 min drive from where we stay) it was broadcast on the radio Monday morning that at Powerhouse Church in Mamelodi there were Americans and some congregation members held at gunpoint while in the church. They lost lots of things such as ids, cell phones, cameras, etc. One woman who lives in Mamelodi heard this while she was working in Soshanguve and remembered some of her neighbors boasting about a recent robbery they had committed. When she matched the two stories she realized that her neighbors were actually the ones that committed the robbery. Later that day some how she was able to snatch Pas Vincent’s drivers license so she could get his phone number to be able to phone him. She has not yet given up her identification or the robbers for fear of her safety, but she is looking for a safe place to stay before she reveals all of the information. Gloria, Pas Vincents wife has been the one communicating with the woman and they have agreed to meet up when the woman is living in a safe place and they will meet at a public place. At that time the woman will reveal who they are. Who knows if we will get any of our stuff back, but at least they have been identified and will hopefully have their weapon taken away from them.