Living on site at the Agathos Cottages is Pastor Welcome and his wife Zama. Welcome is the Zulu Pastor the American missionaries here partner with in their ministry. An important part of missions is maintaining culture. It is crucial that missionaries only bring Jesus to the people, and not their home culture. Welcome has a cool link into the lives here in Agathos because he understands the culture here better than any American missionaries ever will.
Anyway, Welcome is a really cool guy. In some ways he reminds me of Themba from Kosi Bay. He is really down-to-earth and funny. He is from Durban, came to Agathos to help out for 3 weeks and then never left. He is a very relational guy and has a huge heart for investing in the people around him. Everywhere we go people know him. It is very evident he is a respected figure in the community. The other day a Chris Tomlin song was playing and I heard him singing along. “Do you know Chris Tomlin?” I asked. “Yeah, I met him” he replied. It made me laugh. There’s so many times where you’re just thinking… Okay, wait. Say what?? Haha. So Welcome is really fun to be around. I like riding in his car and listening to his stories. Oh, and this guy is a maniac driver. The other day I swear we were inches away from nailing a goat.
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