Moving Time

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Hey, just wanted to give you guys another update on how I am doing. I have now settled into my new home in Pretoria. I moved in on Wednesday and figured I would post some photos for you! I have been enjoying trying to find some routine; this will become easier once the girls are back from holiday on Sunday. I have enjoyed being so close to the gym and slowly will be getting back into shape. I need to be ready for our beach mission because it is an intense two weeks.

My Room

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Since Cape Town there have been a few things going on. I drove up to Pretoria before I moved to try to connect with the girls. We had planned this over a week in advance for me to connect with them, but when I arrived the coach had the girls tied up in meetings for the entire day. That just proved to be confirmation of the importance of my location here in Pretoria, instead of having to drive for an hour back home in that situation I can just hit the gym and drive the 5 minutes home. 

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A couple of weekends ago we helped out with an AIA fun day at a Christian Academy in Southern Joburg. We were asked to run a soccer tournament in this big blow up “arena” with nets. It was slow going but we ended up with 8 3v3 teams. We also had a trophy and a prizes. We put our own team in as well. Missy and I were the only girls in the tournament but we represented well :) 

I took on a team of about 20 kids with a guy playing on a different team in the tournament. This one little guy was a champion. He didn’t care who or what was in his way, he just ploughed through. When he got knocked down from running into knees or anything else, he just shook it off. The other cool part of the weekend was that we were able to bring along one of our Plett Outreach team members to come and get a taste of sport ministry. A small taste as it was not a gospel focused day, but it was still a great chance to love on the community. 

Our Team: Basil, Missy, Me and Kyle

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The last big event of these past few weeks was our first Plettenberg Bay Beach Mission (Plett) training camp. The goal of this first camp is team bonding and gelling. (Pictures should follow soon) It had a bunch of the usual; create a war cry, a team dance, volleyball, ultimate Frisbee,  obstacle course, tire stacking, build a square with a rope blindfolded, mafia, a number of great games of signs, we even put each of our team members through a rope spider web, without anyone touching the ropes. (every time the ropes were touched you went back to the beginning.) Probably the most memorable part of the weekend was the egg game and the most impactful was the silent run. The egg game starts with everyone having an egg taped onto their head. You then procede to play a type of capture the flag, where the only way you are tagged is if they crack the egg. The first two people on our team to have their eggs cracked (Kyle and Missy) said “it’s not so bad. The egg doesn’t really splatter just lean forward and it drips off” The first time my egg was cracked it splattered everywhere. There was egg on my arm, on my shirt, in my hair, so gross!!! The game ended with everyone in the pool and some crazy memories to be had by all. The most impactful part  of my weekend was probably the silent run. We ran just over 2 km and I was talking with God and the one thing He put on my heart was that I can go an entire day without once thinking about His sacrifice and His mercy.  This is such a challenge to me and something I am going to focus on. Life is too short not to live it with my eyes focused on Christ. The impact of His death on the cross should affect all my thoughts and each of my actions daily.  If I am not living for Him, what is there to be living for?

I want to thank you for your prayers for me. I hear frequently from some of you and from my mom how you are lifting me up and it means so much to me. If there is a lasting impact and fruit from this ministry it is because it has been covered in your prayers! Daily I am grateful for your love and support! Please continue to pray for me as I try to find my place in the girls routines at the HPC and as we move towards our Beach Outreach. Please pray for divine appointments and the preparation of hearts. Pray for clarity for our message and for growth in the students’ lives. We have our next training camp on the 21^st of October. Please be praying that our students would prioritize this time and work hard leading up to it so that they can attend fully.  At our first training camp we were missing 5 students and three had to leave early for their studies. We need a committed team.  Pray that the students will see the value of the sacrifice that they make to be there and pray that God will bless them with effective study times. Love you guys tons! Blessings!