Prayer

Hi everyone I have a big request. A good friend of mine has been missing since yesterday. They found her things in a city that is an hour away from here. Her things were scaterd on the sidewalk but we have not found a sign of her yet. All we can do is pray for her I know that God will protect her. So I ask for all the prayer support. She is an amazing girl her name is Ayanda. Tell your friends the more support the better. Thanks

The presence of the Lord

This last week I had been struggeling with Feeling as if God was far away and all my problems and worries were sitting on my shoulders. It was hard. A friend ouf ours took us to a game park where we also had an african safari expirience, anyways, it was there in our house where we ahd a wonderful view that I encouterd God.
It was at 4 in the morning, I was having my quiet time and journaling and I jsut read a psalm of David saying I want to rejoice in the Lord everyday, at that moment the sun started to rise. First it was a small red dot and then it grew and it feelt like God was saying I am greater then all your fear I want to shine my light on you. The sunrise was breathtaking and absouloutly magnificante. I thank the Lord for always being there and when we don't expect it he blesses us with his love and glory.

God take me

God has been working in me lately in such way that I sometimes don't even know what is going on. I feel like I have so much to learn. I feel like fasting this week just to spend time in prayer to listen to God and to re energize. I just have so many questions that I feel like I don't have answers for and don't even know what is going on inside of me. As if something is holding me down and I want to it go away that I can be free. I hope that this week I can just dwell in the Lords presence and that he may fill me with his love and still the hunger inside of me.

Prayer

Well we started a new year. This year the church has decided to focus a lot on prayer so they have made a new scedual that looks like this:
Monday evening prayer from 6:30 to 8
Tuesday, wendsday and thursday is 5 to 6am morning prayer, and then
Friday half night prayer which is from 10 to 1.

I really Love prayer and I think that is one of the most powerful tools for life. I am really glad that we are focusing so much on prayer for this year even though it is challenging to go to the 5 am morning prayer (Which is lucky not manditory but we can go when we want). But I think it is a good dicipline. So this is how our year has started off with. We are alo oppening all the progrmas again; Kids Klub, youth, Ikusasa Elethu, and the mettings. So we are going into the busy life again. I hope that these next 6 months will be a growing expirince that will impact the rest of our lifes.

Retreat for mennonites =)

Last week we went to Shelly Beach for a mennonite retreat. It was a time of sharing with other missionaries that are on there long term and short term missions trip. It was very encouraging and at the same time relaxing.
The time we were there we talked about "What God has done in our time of mission", that was the main theme. We also talked about what it means to be in a new culture and to maintain your own but also learn to adapt the other culture. And this is a big thing we have been talking about. Because sometimes we tend to think we know everything but being able to let go of some of our thinkings and learn from a new culture. There was an example that you need to be like a child when you go into the new culture, so to walk along observe and learn. We alos talked about our gifts that we can bring to the church and what we can learn, but not forget our identity.
So this week was an exncouraging week and also a time to sing hyms again which I had missed alot.
I thank God for this oportunity to have this time with other missionaries and share our expiriences and faith with each other and to encourag each other.