I am Back

Hey, so yeah, I have not really used my computer during the month of October. I apologize for the lack of communication. Things have been busy as usual but also I've needed some time away from routine.

I'm excited to get back to bloggin, emailing and all things Tech oriented...I went on a trip to Zimbabwe and was blown away. Our God is a big God and in the midst of such suffering there is such life. The people at Oasis of Life Church in Bulawayo are amazing. God's presence and favor is with them. They've helped plant nine churches in the last year. Their impact is exponential. Their worship is beautiful and true. Their lives are truly a witness to the world. They were to me...Check out some pictures:

ZIMBABWE

Hey, heading to Zimbabwe today with Ben, Mark and Zinty. It should be a fun and eye opening trip for all of us. I'm excited to see Pastor Dixon and his church on their turf. Should be awesome!

Please be praying that we travel safe, thanks!

Quiet

God's been a bit quite lately. It means that I must stay faithful to His word and persevere as I seek Him. Its good, its frustrating but its good. God is with us, sometimes he is quiet in order to build our faith!

Showing some love!

Here are some pictures of the people I get to do life with. I probably do not appreciate them enough or tell them how much I care for them.

Here are some of the Cup girls - they are awesome women of God and Ma' Sistas! Love y'all!


Mark & Kay - What an incredible young couple who love the Lord so much. Such a passion for young people and for God!

lil time away

In Mozambique for a couple days away...waiting on God, resting in God!

...God loves me, God loves me...let me never come to grips with this yet let me receive that transforming love!!

God is with me, God longs for me to spend time with him. Give me some Jesus this day! Working on pictures...

TRUE CAREPOINTS, YES!!

Look around, Look around

See what’s been done

See what is happening

Look around, Look and see

The beauty, the life

It’s come through me…

- God spoke this to me the other day, pretty cool

Lately, I’ve been able to see the beauty of the CarePoints. At Ngwane Park the other day I just sat back and watched the activity of the CarePoint for about 10 minutes. It was amazing, there was such electric joy filling the property. Certain CarePoints have truly become what we/God intended them to be…ok, they are on their way to become what God intended. The CarePoints are so much more than a building, a plate of food or a classroom. They are a community, they are places of love. The relationships, the joy, the knowledge of God is amazing. The other day I hung out with the youth at Makholweni and it was so cool to see the relationships they had amongst one another. It is so cool to see the true community developed at the CarePoints. There is a genuine love for life at the CarePoints which I’m not so sure is anywhere else in these communities.

Mark, Kay, Jessie, Shelly and I held a volleyball clinic the other day for the girls from Logoba and Zombodze. We had an awesome time together and the girls improved a lot in just two hours. I drove the Lagoba girls back to their CarePoint in a Kombi. The girls were singing the whole ride from Zombodze back to Lagoba. The boys were there to meet the girls and the whole group of them continued to sing, dance and be the embodiment of joy. It was amazing, as I left and drove back to the highway I watched the people walking toward the CarePoint. In their faces I saw this crazy expression on their faces, “what the heck is going on at that CarePoint, why are they so happy, what do they feed them there” It’s so cool to see the joy that only God can bring in these young people. God is establishing his presence at the CarePoints and it is transforming lives.

This spoke to me, this let me know that what we’re doing over here is more than just feeding mouths and continuing the cycle of poverty, death and hopeless. No, no our kids are infected…our kids are infected with amazing hope, that hope that is Jesus!