I felt so incredibly blessed today. In the afternoon after lunch I headed to Ngwenya to teach my very last homecare class. I was a bit worried when I walked into class because only 10 people had showed up (my class is usually 20-25 people). That is very rare because usually we have close to 100% attendance in all classes. I thought everyone was scared to come to class because I was conducting a test and I had warned the class yesterday to prepare. After I had begun the test, everyone else walked in late and I was so relieved! I just wanted my chance to say goodbye and make sure that I was leaving my class in good hands. I have gotten super attached to all those homecare providers.
As I was conducting the test I got a little worried that they would do poorly on the test. I have been throwing mass amounts of medical information at them for the last few weeks and with the language barrier, I thought maybe they werent retaining very much information. It turns out, they ALL aced the test. It made me feel so great! They have been paying attention and they were all so excited to learn this entire time!
After class I handed out some snacks I bought for them and they all stood over me and began to say the most amazing prayer over me asking God to give me wisdom and direction in my home. It made me tear up. Then as a perfect ending, they all began to sing a blessing over me. It was like out of a movie or something! Their voices were AMAZING and they began to harmonize a traditional african blessing. It was honestly so beautiful- like a recording.
I just felt so privledged to be able to teach the class. I think I learned so much more from all of those homecare providers than they learned from me. What a serious blessing!
My homecare class!
