By Linh Dang

“I am a fool for Jesus! Whose fool are you?”

Today was an unstructured day for us. This means the consultants (both USA and SA consultant) visited our clients’ location. Our goal for today was to understand our clients’ Place, People and Process. Allen Pike, Melissa Hendricks and I visited our client’s location. What a great opportunity to see our client, Danie in action, to meet his employees and understand how the business operates. We were also able to visit one of the client’s site.

From left to right: Front of Fidders, Passage Wall and Portchie Gallery.

Fidders is a Christian base business that is completely dedicated to our Lord Jesus Christ. The employees greet you warmly as you enter the door with the sign “God Bless You Today”. Fidders wants to ensure that everyone who walks in and out of the store is blessed. A feast for your heart is a wall full of bible verses located in the staff lounge area. It’s amazing how you can totally feel God’s presence in this work place. This lighting shop, redolent of bush tea, is location down a touristy yet quaint street depicting contentment - makes you want to stay there all day. Alas, we had to leave. But before we did, we made a quick stop at Portchie’s to view Danie handy work. The artist wanted the ceiling to portray the sky at night, so Danie had blue lights add along with small light bulbs distributed randomly to represent the stars.

A small group (Sheren, Elizabeth, Kim and Suellen) had a great treat of touring Kayamandi. They visited a lady who makes maps in her home, poured their love on sweet adorable kids at a daycare in Kayamandi and stopped by the House of Hope where beads are beautifully handcrafted into greeting cards.

At the end of the day, we are blessed and enriched with a strong relationship with our new friends in South Africa.