After a very refreshing night’s sleep, we were able to begin our first full day of ministry.  The day began with each of our team members leading a small group at Port Shepstone Secondary School.  They were teaching life skills class.  Today’s lessons were on absolute values and on choosing values.  Our students did an awesome job!  They were having great discussions with the groups of students there.  The lessons get harder as the week goes on, but our students are building great relationships with the students who are in 9^th grade there!

           

In the afternoon we went to the Murchison Community Center.  Our kids love those kids!  The kids there attend a reading room, which is a ministry born out of the Seeds ministry at Norwegian Settlers’ Church.   Seeds is a student run ministry that saw a need to reach out to the AIDS afflicted in their community and did.  This reading room is solely high school and college student run! 

Lastly, I believe the internet is fixed and will be running well most of the rest of the week.  Look for more frequent and perhaps more detailed posts(like this one).  Thank you for your continued prayers and love, they are felt and needed!

Jeremy

Our Sunday

What a day!  After roughly 4 hours of sleep, we began our first full day in South Africa.  Breakfast was followed by a 20 minute ride to African Evangelical Church (AEC) in a community near where we will be working in the afternoons.  It was awesome!  After a 2 hour plus worship service, which included all kinds of singing, testimonies, and preaching, we headed back to Skogheim to change clothes, eat lunch and head to the beach.  All of our students have now been in the Indian Ocean!  (It has cold water and big waves) We continued our day with an incredible dinner at the Waffle House (not at all like the US).  Finally, we are back in our rooms and ready for really good night’s rest!  Please pray that we would get a refreshing, reinvigorating sleep tonight!  We need it!

Also, our South African phone number is (082) 773-9239 (please use it in case of emergency only)

Some internet issues

Hey guys! We are running into some internet issues, but will have them resolved around lunch (overnight back home). Everyone is doing well and God is doing cool things! Keep praying for us and you will see pictures soon!


Every kid,

Jeremy

We are here!

We are all checked into Skogheim! Breakfast is in 6 hours :)


Every kid,

Jeremy

A minor delay

We are (finally) on a plane to Durban. Due to a delay in our earlier flight, we had to tKe a later flight from Joburg to Durban. We are now on flight SA585 and are scheduled to arrive at 10:10 local time (2:10 CST)! God is good!


Every kid,

Jeremy

South Africa

Our South Africa mission trip is scheduled for March 11-20! Check back often for updates!