So far my team's type of minsitry has been hard for me. The majority of what we do is work with kids and if you know me at all, you know I have low tolerance for kids. I think they're dirty, grimy, and sometimes downright a bother. But lately, what we're doing here and what our purpose is has really been hitting me. I have yet to see them, but I keep hearing from my teammates and others the living conditions that some of these people and children are under. For instance, a woman that helps out around our house and teaches the nursery school has a daughter named Grace. The woman...

So it's day eight on the World Race exposure. Four and  a half of those days were spent traveling. Hopefully, we will be starting ministry tomorrow. I did get to go to the Center and play with  the kids for a couple of hours and had lunch with them a couple of days ago. But so far we have had so much down time.  I know the World Racers need this break becasue they are in month seven, but I am here for one month. One month to pour in and be poured into. One month to love the people I come  into contact with. Now, less than 20 days. I didn't fly across the...

So we left on August 1, and basically traveled for 3 days. We went to Hartsfield airport at about 4 pm, and went to our gate. A girl named Christina and I went on a different flight than the rest of our team. Our itinerary flew from Atlanta to Paris, Paris to Nairobi (Kenya), and Nairobi to Entebbe (Uganda). Our flight was a little bit delayed. So when we reached the Paris airport, we were a little bit rushed. And that is not a place to be rushed, because the Paris airport is very confusing. So when we arrived in Paris, we had to travel on shuttles to get to our gate, which is very stupid...

I hate being comfortable. When things start to get too comfortable, I move on. Literally, I pack  up and leave, plan a trip, shave my head bald, erase any "secular" music on my ipod, etc. But this month I can't do any of those things… I came to South Africa in hopes of living amongst those in poverty. In hoped I will have to use a squatty potty. I hoped that there would be no running water and that I would have to use cold second-hand water from a bucket to bathe in. But here at beam house, I take nice hot showers in a huge bathroom, I took a bath with oils, I...

They keep saying they are blessed to have us here but we are so blessed by them. The church service here is so different than any church service I have attended and so great! They can worship, oh how they can worship. It's not just standing in rows clapping your hands and maybe once and a while a lil sway. It's a whole movement, it's a dance! It's a scream of hallelujah and a response of Amen. It is dancing in the aisles. It is jumping up and down swaying and flinging your arms every which way. They know how to worship. The only instrument is a keyboard. Mama (pastor's...

Mumezemute? (how are you all doing?) So praise the Lord our internet is working today! It is very iffy and the schedule for when the cafe is open is completely unknown. So sorry in advance if it ends up taking a while to update. Well first of all I got to preach! It was awesome! I felt ZERO nerves going into it. I was actually very excited and really pumped to get out there and talk about it! Jesus definitely helped out there. I basically ran through Galatians and gave a little bit of Ephesians and 2 Corinthians to top it off. My message was somewhat short but I spoke on how the Lord set us...