9-27

I have not had internet time for awhile now, sorry anyone who has messaged me or anything. Its starting to really add up, so I’m trying to watch it. I found a coffee place that gives you free wi-fi if you buy coffee, so thank goodness that is where I will be going now, because buying internet is a waste of money on the base.

Our speaker came for this week, his name is Wilson, and he actually founded this place 25 years ago. So the big papa has returned. I really really reallyyyy like his teaching style. He is speaking all week on Discipleship, the call of God, what the call of God is, responding to the call, the cost, and laying down your own wants and desires. So I am pretty excited about this week. Wilson is very funny, and very inspiring already.

We all have continued to get along, which is a relief, there are still some people that I have to really work on patience with, but it’s a good experience. I’m growing up.
OHHH I HAND WASHED MY CLOTHES FOR THE FIRST TIME THE OTHER DAY. I am now a woman. Except I’m never doing it again, because the crap didn’t dry, I left it out all fricken day and it did not dry..so Laundromat here I come! Haha I want my clothes to be dry you know?

Today was a very good day. Diego came back today, it had been a couple days since he had showed up. But praise God he had new clothes on, oh my seriously I love this little boy. He was back to his normal self, laughing, goofing around. But a couple of us decided to go out to dinner, because I needed a salad so I got that thank GOD! Whoooo but we brought Diego with us and oh my goodness it was the nicest thing. I don’t know if he had ever been in a restaurant before, so he was seriously so happy the whole time. Wow and on the way back he started singing worship songs, and we just all linked arms and sang the whole way back to the base. He was laughing and smiling the whole way, which has been not normal for him the past couple weeks. Its like maybe things are turning around for this boy. He still makes me so sad though, ahh its almost unbearable to walk down the streets and know these little boys walk around with no place to go.

Going off that, I feel pulled to come back to start not necessarily an orphanage, but some sort of safe home. Some place where these kids, even adults can come and sleep without trouble. Where they can find clothes, and eat. Where they can shower, and possibly even learn how to read and write and just do normal things like clean, help cook that sort of thing.  And it will be right here in Jbay, because seriously right behind the base looks like a dump, but people are sleeping, living, freezing. Ahh its crazy, and you know whats funny, it would be so easy to get the money for something like this, because our dollar is like 7-10 rand. So our money goes a long way here. Obviously its not an easy thing to just whip up, but it is so possible. Because our God is a huge God, and this is something after His heart.

Prayer request:
Pray for the street kids, that they could be delivered from drugs, abuse, homelessness, and hopelessness
Pray that our DTS continues to grow together
Pray for masks to be removed, and for walls to seriously break, because a lot of these girls have gone through more then imaginable, and they are so used to faking everything.
Pray for the health of everyone here.
Pray for the July DTS, they are on outreach right now and one groups bus has broken down, so they have not been able to go very far. But already they have faced so much evil. Witchcraft is huge around here.
Pray for protection against Satan, that the DTS can be strong and put their armor on every day.
Pray for the Jbay community, there are so many broken homes and families, so much crime and addictions. But I believe God will restore them, it already looks like they are on their way.