Nations 2 Nations, and Relationships

Update timeeeee.

Whooo alot has happened since the last time I blogged. Two weeks ago we did an event called, N2N (nations to nations) it was held in a couple churches around Jbay. Our base had another base from Cape Town that stayed with us so that was exciting, there were many new faces which was refreshing to see. Nations to Nations is an event where...well nations come together from all over to worship. We had some different speakers come and encourage us a lot, it had a focus on going out into the nations to make His name known which is awesome. My calling was confirmed almost everyday that week, which was incredible. This place, it is where I am supposed to be, this place is where I will have the opprotunity to go out into other places of Africa to do mission work. But now I am focusing on just being intimate with God. Being able to just go and sit at His feet, explain my problems, and to feel truley satisfied in His presence. It actually was a challenge to begin to go to Him before I went to other people, because I am so used to just running to someone else. But man has it been SO MUCH more rewarding, I have felt a peace that only God can give.

This past week our speaker was a couple from, East London South Africa. They are in the process of pioneering a base that focuses on restoring families, restoring people who came from broken families, and just helping new couples and stuff be able to bring up a good healthy family. Anyways they spoke on opposite sex relationships, which is always well needed. The main topics were courting and purity so it was really good. One thing that really stood out to me is when they talked about being 'mr right'..they said, stop trying to find mr or mrs right, start to BECOME mr or mrs right, so when the person comes to you they know you are right. Ahhh I loved it so much it was such truth. Like why keep worrying about finding someone when I should be the one finding myself and preparing myself for him. Hmm it was good. We also did a character test it split up 16 personalities in 4 main categories so that was really good. It was really nice to be able to see how all of us work, why some people we get along with better, and what our weaknesses are. I was a mix between a lion and an otter, my weakness was that of a Lion so I tend to run over people with my words and can become aggressive in my leading at times. But my strengths are leadership and also being able to mix with many people. Haha it was so good for all of us to figure out who we were dealing with. It was a long week, but such a rewarding week, we all had a bunch of laughs because the couple that taught us was ALWAYS making jokes. My friend Lisa said, “the class was so nice, now I know not all Christian couples are boring.” it was so funny, man you could tell that teaching together on this topic is what they were meant to do, it brought them so much joy to be able to prepare us for future relationships. It all starts with the family, that is how all of our influences start, if something goes wrong in the family it also goes wrong in the society.

This weekend both teams started to do some fund raising, my team decided to sell clothes (our clothes) and food. We have been selling for two days and have made some good money. I was laughing because man I am coming back home with hardly anything I came here with. But it is good, its been so humbling being here and being able to bless people with the things I had been blessed with at a time. So we will continue to fund raise up until we leave and even while on outreach, because my team is the team that has no money. I am the ONLY white person on the team so it should be interesting hahaha I am going to love it, and sometimes be so frustrated I want to kill someone. But I know that God has His hand in everything, that I will really grow so much on outreach. I hope to come back an even more patient person. Hmmmm so that was kind of what has been happening. We have one more week left of lectures, I am not sure what the topic is yet but I hope it is spiritual warfare because that is one topic that needs to be addressed. After next week our last week we will be busy preparing dramas, dances, songs, teachings and activities for outreach. We leave the 4^th of December to do two weeks in Jbay (do not worry we wont be stuck at the base, we will be traveling around to different peoples houses) and then I think we will go back to Uitenhage for one or two weeks. Time is getting close, I am still 600 bucks short for fees, so if anyone of you guys would like to help support, just contact me on facebook. Or Write a comment and I can give you my bank account number.

Prayer Requests:

School fees for everyone, and for the faith that God can do all things.

Unity with each team, leaders included.

Against sickness, anger, and pride.

For a sense of humbleness amongst us all, that we can see, and serve before we are asked.

Pray for leadership, that they can really connect and begin to help us prepare for outreach.

Lastly pray for a renewed spirit, for strength, patience, and for a new passion to come alive for everyone.

I personally need some divine wisdom on how to deal with bad attitudes, conflict, and to see into situations that cant be seen from just a normal prespective.

Hope everything is going well, I miss you guys and love you all!