From Sunday: Had a wonderful time at church this morning! I really enjoyed seeing some friends and hearing a great message. Also, some tender prayer today as several South African churches set aside time today to pray for repentance in the church (reference 2 Chr. 7:14). Afterward, we were beyond blessed to have lunch with John and Avril Thomas (thank you for a delicious meal!!). Just an awesome time of fellowship and taking about our past week. So excited to see what God has planned! Afterward, we went to buy supplies with the donated money I received from people who wanted to help! Then, we had an awesome afternoon at Boulders Beach seeing the penguins with my friend Valerie Gail who was a HUGE BLESSING from God! Then on to her house for a lovely dinner. Just a wonderful, relaxing day of fellowship! Today (Monday), we are about to embark on our last day in Cape Town. Although I am terribly sad to be leaving, I look forward to seeing what God has "up his sleeve" for me. And...I miss my man A LOT! :)
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Saturday was a completely free day and we were beyond blessed to do a day safari at Aquila Private Game Reserve, about 2.5 hours away. What an experience!!! When we arrived, there was a lovely breakfast and then we went on a 3 hour drive through the reserve. The natural landscape here is just indescribable and we hardly spoke for lack of things to say when surrounded by such breathtaking beauty. We were able to see giraffe, zebras, rhinos, hippos, wildebeest, elephants, lions, crocodiles, cheetahs and leopards. Just WOW!!! Part of what I love about being here is just getting to see more of God's amazing creation, and it was nice to finally get to do this. What a testimony to the goodness of God! After getting back, we ran down to the beach (in the freezing weather, with the wind almost blowing us over, it was definitely different than most of my "beach time" HA!) But it was beautiful also! Well...I'm at the point where I'm thinking maybe Satan just does not want me to post Friday's blog (this is my FOURTH attempt), but I'm pressing on!
It is after 11pm and we have a 6am wake up, so again I will have to stick to describing photos :) Our time here continues to be amazing, but it is a full day every day and I must go to sleep :) Much love everyone! We stopped by the health care center first thing this morning to visit and pray with patients. Debi really connected well with a particular lady there! Afterward, we went by Ocean View to see Aunty Martha, who leads the moms and babies & moms and tots support groups, among many other things. What a joy and special treat to see her!!! After lunch, we visiting the unique community of Red Hill. A full time missionary volunteer, Corey, gave us some awesome time there. Corey is also unique-- he is learning Afrikaans!!!! He connects extremely well with the people in the community and has worked hard to capture their hearts and their attention. Well done Corey! Once again, it is almost midnight before I am having the chance to post, so I will be sticking to comments on the photos attached- enjoy! The morning was spent in Muizenberg visiting Living Hope's Recovery Program. What an awesome time! I didn't put any pictures because of the nature of the program, but it was a great time of devotions and song. Afterward, we stopped to get a "takeaway " coffee and went to Mobray to visit the mobile clinics (for HIV testing and other medical issue referrals). This evening, I was beyond blessed to have dinner with some amazing and very dear friends from the Ocean View community. I must say that I LOVE these women and it is usually one of the highlights of my trip to spend time with them. Boy did they give me the business about Lynn though :) Apparently his presence is immediately requested here to meet them ;) So...good evening from Noordhoek (that is where we are staying :) It has been an awesome day! Since we are still recovering from the trip here, and because we have a 6am wake up tomorrow, I will just say a few things via photos tonight! Love to all, Jennifer (and Debi) We visited Masiphumelele (Masi for short) also in the morning, as well as the Health Care Center at the main campus. There, we visited with and prayed with a few patients. In the mid afternoon, we went to the Ocean View community for kid's and teen's club. The kids really LOVE to dance and do praise and worship! Teen's club in Ocean View this afternoon was Debi's favorite part of the day. We talked about how scriptures can make a big impact on your decisions, and the teens chose a few scriptures for themselves to help in situations where they would want to really focus on making the right choices. They then made a bookmark to remember them by! (Written in advance and posted upon arrival in Cape Town Monday night): As I write this, it is about 1am EST on Sept 7th and we are somewhere over the Atlantic (about 13 hours into our approx. 31 hour trip). Per the usual circumstances with me during travel, I have not been able to get even one wink of sleep so far on this trip. I simply cannot sleep when I am uncomfortable, and there is nothing at all comfortable about an airplane. Debi, of course, is currently passed out, so I am extremely jealous :)
We will arrive Monday night around 9:15pm (Cape Town is 6 hours ahead, although I can't remember if that is from Knoxville/Tampa (EST) or Nashville (CST) time :) My dear friend Frans will pick us up at the airport and drive us to The Team House where will be staying. Needless to say, I think I may be asleep before my head even hits the pillow!
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AuthorI am passionate about world missions, specifically the country of South Africa. As an Ambassador for Living Hope Ministries in Cape Town, I am honored to serve with them in impacting their community for Christ! Archives
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