Two day catch up

Hi,
Sorry for the lateness of this post but slow internet and a flood have got in the way of communication. However both these aspects have enabled us to experience more of the culture and way of life out here. Anyway to catch you up on what we have be doing- on the Tuesday we once again went over to the Tender ministry and helped with their preparations for the slum ministry and night life ministry to the Rugby boys (a group of drug addicted youths.) However due to heavy rain we were denied the opportunity to revisit the Sucat area but instead visited a a slum community built around old electricity pylons near the Tender base. This was an incredibly eye opening scene with more than 130 people all crowded into this old wooden shack. However yet again the people were so welcoming and happy and seemed oblivious to the poverty they experienced treating it just as a part of life. Moreover they were incredibly keen to hang out and play with us with a few members joining into to play basketball with them. Then in the evening we ministered to the rugby boys by teaching them bible stories, games, sharing testimonies and feeding them- once again their reaction to their situation was incredible with not complaining and all of them being so happy and friendly. I am sure that we learnt just as much from them as they did from us.
In contrast to the business of Tuesday was our relaxtion and bonding day yesterday at the waterpark with both teams out here. This was a great time to hang out and have fun with the team and learn more about them and the work they are doing out here. However what should have been a relaxing and short day was made a little longer and stressful by the storm that we became caught up in. This caused complete gridlock everywhere and turned our hour long coach ride back into a six and a half hour journey. However even in this situation we were able to find blessing by a stop off to buy food in a petrol station where we took the opportunity to bond with the guys out here and enjoyed some great discussions about their lives and the work they are doing out here while being able to share some of our own experiences.
We are all still very much enjoying this trip and looking forward to the rest of the work to be done and are finding blessings everywhere we go. We would however appreciate prayer for the weather out here- that it stays nice for us to be able to do all we can and help out in ministry in all areas and not miss out on key areas of the trip where we would be able to help and bless those out here.