Off to Training Block...

Hello. I hope you are all doing well! I have some updates and prayer requests.

Work. Bookstore is going well. I am enjoying it and starting to get settled there. I am currently not doing Think Twice or going into the prisons for various reasons. So, the majority of my work for the last several weeks has been at the church. I really desire to be out in the community. Please pray that God opens doors here and shows me where He would have me go. My work is fairly flexible, as my project leader wants me to try different things until I find my fit.

Friends. I am making some wonderful friends here. Three of the girls that work at the church – Bronwyn, Sue and Tess – have been particularly amazing. I feel like I am getting more connected. I would love to make some friends outside of the church, though. I am thinking about looking into some different things that I can get involved in to do that.

Car. Our car is not doing too wonderfully. ☺ I plan to put some photos online, so you can see it. We took it to the shop and found out that it needs quite a bit of work. Since the value of the car is not much, the church has decided to sell it and take the money they get, put it some additional funds, and buy a better car for us to use. It is not an incredibly safe car, so I’m quite excited about getting another one. Please pray that this is a quick transition and we get blessed with a nicer, safer car. Please also pray that God gives me patience with the car. I have become the individual who is in control of it, but also have five people to continually look after and make sure they have transport when needed. This week has been quite stressful as I continually get phone calls as they need rides. It seems as though I spent the majority of the week out and about and didn’t get a lot of work done otherwise. This week was an exception, though, as one of the fyp’s is quite sick and doesn’t have her VISA sorted – so we spent much time at the hospital and the Department of Home Affairs.

Training. I am leaving first thing tomorrow morning for two weeks of training in Stellenbosch. This is our second set of training. Please pray that God meets with us and blesses our time together as the 28 of us meet up again. My schedule for this is posted on my website, under “Schedule”. ☺

I will not be online or checking email for two weeks. God bless! Thank you for your amazing support and prayers! Love you guys!