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Emphasis is put on the fact that this is not charity and they work right along, side-by-side,” he said.
Side-by-side with the South African homelanders brought questions from the rich white landowners, he said.
“We were the only white people in the community,” Mr. Fishback said of his group of 18 Virginians. The landowners wanted to know what their mission was and why they were there.
“It was explained that we were brothers and sisters in Christ helping to build a church,” he said.
Homes were built from corrugated tin—usually one or two simple rooms—with entire extended families housed inside.
His host, who had managed to build a two-room brick home, lived with eight other people.
Most people were elderly or school-aged, as young residents had moved to the larger cities in search of work. There were few, if any, cars.
Electricity was not available in most homes. Meals were prepared over open fires and stirred with sticks.
The group of 18 designed and built their own outdoor shower.
“You know,' in most places I’ve been, we’ve used picks and shovels and mixed concrete by hand,” said Mr. Fishback. “But this was the most unique.”
Using donated construction equipment from another South Afri
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