Beat the Drum was amazing! You maybe wondering, what is Beat the Drum? It's a

HIV AIDS awareness program. It started in 2004. It's been all over South

Africa,Zambia, Bonzania,and the southern countries. We had a group of 100

invade the small town, Sommerset East. We worked with different churches,

schools, farms, and people in the community.

Can you imagine looking around a room knowing that there is a good chance that

your whole class has AIDS/HIV? We went into those schools and showed the

movie, Beat the Drum. Then the next day we followed up with a leson, a book

more like a magazine. There is so much in it! About sex, HIV/AIDS,miths/lies,

truth -God's word, condums. Yeah, lots of stuff! We talked about it ALL!

This week we didn't hold back and either do they. I loved my class!

Teaching is a big thing! You can break a child or make one! You have so much

influence!

So many of the people in the community just welcomed us in their 

homes. They made us family for a week! The people were so nice to us 

=) loved it!

Let me tell you a little bit about the school that I was in. There are 4 main

schools in Sommerset. I was in Johnson. Johnson is a big school! It's a poor

school. So many things happened in my class. We talked about love and lust.

I can't describe what's happening here. All the things God is doing here in

Sommerset AND us, the AIM team and in ME...WOW! This place is where 

God wanted us

to be. Sometimes it feels so discouraging and overwelming. My heart really

broke for them...it really did. It's so hard to see. The world is so messed

up. It seems hopeless..there is no hope. There is no way of getting out

of this mess, WITH OUT YOU! The world will never be perfect. But we just can't

sit on our butts and do nothing. IF YOU never try! What would happen 

IF YOU DID?

Mark 6: 7-13

Sommerset East