Africa- Introduction

The next several post will be about the mission trip to Upington, South Africa. This post will just be a brief introduction and will mainly be about people.

In South Africa there are three main people groups the Afrikans, the coloureds, and the blacks. The Afrikans would be the white people. I don't quite recall the difference between the blacks and the coloureds but I believe it is to do with their ancestry or something like that. In the areas we worked we were working with the blacks and coloureds. Just by looking at a person you can not tell to what group they belong. Many of the coloureds appeared to look black but there were a few who were coloured and looked white. Not that we ever asked any of the people but we were told that is completely acceptable to ask a person what they were. The groups stem from apartheid. I myself need to do some reading up on it so I can only give a very basic explanation of it. There was a great amount of racial segregation and though the Arikans were the minority group they were still the ones with the power. That is about all I can give for an explanation.

Who are we and who were we working with in South Africa? We are a group of 9 from the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Louisiana State University. 7 of us are undergrad students at LSU, 1 is a doctoral student, and 1 attends seminary in New Orleans. We are:

Lindsay, Ethan, Whitney,Morgan, Eddy, Sloan,
Megan, Tiffany, and Emily (me, not pictured).

Everything was arranged and set up with a missionary couple from America who are living and serving in Upington.

We also worked with and lived with an Afrikan missionary couple Petrus and Mariana

Both of these missionary couples are a great encouragement and inspiration in both their relationship with the Lord and their relationship with each other.

God is good. God is great! The mission trip was great!