Short term missions?

Every Monday night us volunteers get together and have our small groups. It's a time for all of us just to get together for fellowship. Some days there are things planned and sometimes we go there and just talk about whatever is on our mind. The past three Mondays we have watched these 3 videos. I think they hit home for me personally and really bring to light the issue that us as westerners, us as Americans bring to the table when it comes to helping others. I think if you have or plan on doing some type of mission work, you should check these out. I think you'll have your eyes opened up to things you might of wish you had known before going into the field of His work. 

The blessing of God, itself, makes a man rich 

Enjoy :] they aren't very long

I need Africa more than Africa needs me 

Nhyira

shelby

Great Day

Today has been an all around great day. 

This weekend there have been about 10 guys staying at the house. They were here for the Billabong South Africa (surfing)Championship. They were all super nice and had a beer in their hand at all times of the day...reminds me of some of the guys back home...dont worry I won't mention any names haha. just kiddingg. Anways today when I woke up they were all moved out and it was SO nice to not be woken up at 6 by them. But now I am the only one staying in the house, except for Katrin. 

I took Jennifer to the airport on Thursday to go meet up with the rest of the people flying in and the whole time she kept talking about how she can't believe it's finally that time to go and this and that. She was nervous but hopefully she's good and dandy now. :] Today when I got the the office I opened my email, like every morning, and had a new email from Avril to do some inventory in her office and two other places. I had absolutely NO idea what on earth I was supposed to do..which has become a normal feeling around here haha. But thankfully I wasn't the only one to receive that email so not only me, but Tammy, were confused as to what to do. But no worries, figured it out. What we were having to do was write up everything in the room that had a barcode on it..like the chairs, desks, computers, shelves, etc. and write the condition/item. All that good stuff. Nathan came in while I was on all fours looking for the barcode on one of the tables and he told me I was very humble for actually going through with all that. Just another day in the office...

I think the people here make work so enjoyable. Today my bag went missing and I was so sure it was meagan who had hid it. When I walked into the room where it had been sitting on the table she just walked by and laughed. After looking for it for 15 min...then starting to accuse other people for taking it, Meagan happened to find it in a box in the donation piles. Ohhh I swear I told them i'm going to start wearing everything I bring or hide it myself. Work with a bunch a hooligans but I wouldn't trade it for a second. 

&& another thing that has occurred today, the first group of summer interns have arrived. There are 12 of them and they are going to be placed in different areas of ministry. We get 3 of them with us out in Capricorn which will be nice i'm sure. I met them briefly today and most of them are from Alabama. Its 11 girls and 1 boy. haha we ALL told Tim that we need to do something about that because we have enough girls here as it is. Need to even out the genders. 

I got to skype with two of my most favorite people and longtime friends and this was the outcome..

 always a blast talking to these two :] love yall!! 

OH. so now that Jennifer is gone, I have decided to move up and help Ilana with the older kids. I have been working with the 5-7 years old with Roger the past few months and I think my time will be better spent with the bigger kids, 8-12 year olds. One of the reasons I want to do this is because there is a group of boys in Capricorn that I am trying to reach out to. I've acknowledged the fact that I might not see them change while i'm here but if I can leave them with anything at all I will be happy. They're the boys i've mentioned that are known just as the stubborn..troublemakers of the club. And it's absolutely true but I've always seemed to be pulled towards those kinds of kids. One of them has really gotten good around me and does good in club. We even have made up our own handshake..&& it's awesome, if I say so myself. Then there's another boy who is tough. He rarely smiles and is one i've had to break up fights with. Some days he's good and wants to help me with things and others he could care less. But I keep telling myself one day at a time. He will only change when he wants to and only God knows when that time may be. So I just ask that you pray that I continue to have patience, especially with this guy, and that he opens his heart up to what the Lord wants to teach him. His name is Denzil. that would be greatly appreciated :] 

So like I said today has just been a good day. Woke up to a sweet text from someone special and another text that was a verse in Psalms that says "Be still and know that I am God, I will be exalted in among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." 

THEN 

work in Capri went well, laughed alot, did some work for club so im actually ahead of the game! for the first time in probably ever.

THEN 

went to club and the kids were fantastic! it was almost crazy..all the kids are starting to remember my name which is just so nice. I love the feeling of them coming up and giving me a huge hug around the neck when they get there and then doing the same thing when they leave. 

THEN 

On my drive home I was blasting the new Miranda Lambert cd...finally updated my itunes last night and that was a new purchase. Glad I did it because I love her and I just needed some new country in my life. 

THEN 

haha promise its the last one ;) 

On my way home I pulled onto my street and this is what I saw at the end of it... absolutely beautiful.  

&& this is a picture from club. This is Caleb and he adores his older brother Josh, pretty sure this picture is proof of it. Love it

So there's a little tid bit of life in Kommetjie,Capri, && Capricorn/Overcome! 

Ohhhhh my family gets here in 4 days. HOLY MOSES cant believe it. like I really cant..

Super excited to see these Dunlap's :)

woohoo

okay well off to small groups. 

but never forget that God is good all the time and will show you how amazing he is when you least expect it. 

Mouse in Capricorn

Read the blog entry before this to understand this video :] 



p.s. sorry ahead of time for my laugh...it's pretty bad once you hear it. 

God's peace

You know you'd think i'd of learned my lesson by now....the longer I wait to update this...the longer my post is going to be. And I forget things that have happened during the week and ah..this is me saying sorry for not updating this in a good while! 

Anyways ohh how the time has flown. We have been here about 3 and 1/2 months and I really can't believe it. My family will be here NEXT WEEK!!! Still can't get over that. Jennifer leaves on Thursday to go to Stellenbosch for 7 weeks to work with the team she might move here with. So things are about to change. I'm super excited for her to be able to go out there and experience what her future may entail but it'll be weird being here alone now. Tonight us and two other girls went out and ate at the toad for a little see ya in 7 weeks kind of send off. It was much needed after a very long day. 

us at the Toad

So update on life as I know it::

Since it is child protection month, we decided that we were going to take initiative with our kids club and do something for not only the kids but for our community regarding this subject. So one day in each of the townships of Capricorn and Overcome we had a local police officer come and talk to the kids about safety and how to keep yourself safe. 

Then the next week we got the kids in each community to paint posters about abuse and things to show that it's wrong to hurt others. So we have posters about how children have rights to the number to call when you are in need of help. We then painted up everyone with black eyes and red paint and walked through the townships passing out fliers about numbers to call and info about what abuse is. We were all saying chants as well and the kids had a blast. It was really fun getting to see them wanting to be involved with something like this. When we got back to the container we had picked up about 6 new kids which is awesome..maybe they'll start coming to kids club! 

 we all got done up :]

 our march through Overcome. 

Now I must say that the best part of this last week occurred today. I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard in a good while and it was much needed. Well today we went out to Capricorn a good few hours earlier than we usually do because Stacey wanted to go and get some stuff done. Well we get out there and I go over and hang out with Eric and Anele for a little while and then I go back to where our little office is and when I walk in I see something move on the desk. Now no one is in they’re at the moment but in my head I just keep saying that was absolutely a mouse. So I call out to everyone saying we have a mouse and naturally they (Jennifer&Stacey) come running while squealing. Then Ivan walks in all bad and tough and I show him where I saw it and he walks over to see if he can find it and actually knocks it down to the floor underneath the desk. Now this is when my day turned around. Stacey started getting closer and closer to the desk trying to see it and I pulled out my phone to video this because I knew something fantastic was about to happen and there was no way I wasn’t going to get it on film. Well once I pushed the red button I looked at Jennifer and whispered to her to go and run your hand over Stacey’s foot. At first she just laughed and said no but I insisted so she did. Stacey screamed and jumped a few feet in the air and ran for the door. Oh my stars it was priceless. I’m uploading the video as I’m typing this so it might be in another post. After that happened the mouse ran back under the shelves so for the next 20 minutes, no exaggeration there, Stacey Ivan and Jennifer sat in chairs and stared at the bottom of the shelves waiting for this TINY mouse to come out. After awhile Anele came in and somehow caught it. But it was absolutely hilarious. I’ve watched the video at least 20 times and I laugh so hard I cry still.

Some documentation of the events that unfolded :]

 Ivan waiting for it to run out 

 yep I was down on the floor with it trying to look under the shelves to see it 

 Stacey however would not step foot on the ground

 && this is the tiny thing that caused so much today. We put out cheese crisps for it to lure it out and Ivan was going to sweep it away

 Stacey still refusing to put her feet on the ground

 sitting waiting for the little guy to come out

Anele captured it and set it free

but like I said, I did capture this on video and I will absolutely be posting it!!

Well yesterday I had this overwhelming moment where all these questions just flooded my mind. Now I have never been one to make plans. I've always been the person who would tell you not to ask me what I'm doing this weekend because I won't know till it gets here. Even with this HUGE trip and moving to South Africa...I didn't decide I was coming until the very end of December and I left in February. To some that kind of decision would have had to of happened over many months but for me its just never how i've been. Well for some reason, yesterday when I was driving to Capricorn Jennifer said something about me moving to Abilene when I got back because that's were Eric lives. It's as if it triggered every unknown question to my mind. All the sudden the thought of 'where am I going to live' 'Am I going to go get my masters' 'What is the future entail for me and eric' 'what do I even want to do with my life' 'where do I want to work' 'should I get a job or go straight back into school' was consuming my thoughts. I just sat there for a hour before club not saying anything to anyone and just having this mental breakdown of the unknown. This has really never happened to me so it was a new experience to say the least. Jennifer I think could tell because she kept asking if I was alright and what was on my mind. Anyways once I got home I got on pinterest, which is an addiction, seriously it's bad. Anyways when I got on the only new pin that came up was this picture. 

My jaw dropped when I read it because I knew it's exactly what God needed me to read. He used Pinterest out of all things because well lets face it...he absolutely knew I was about to spend the next hour or so on it. But these words stuck with me and I prayed about my anxiety and the worry I had about the unknown and just like this verse says I felt at peace and I haven't worried about any of that since. Even when I was talking to Eric about all of this last night I mentioned the verse to him and everything he said to me was reassuring to my earlier thought of what our future is going to look like. He simply said that it's all in God's hands and he wholeheartedly believes that God is going to give you a future that is far better than what you can think up now.  I believe that God uses people and things to get his message across to you when your in need of it most. It's so nice to know that we serve a God who cares so much about you. 

with God anything is possible 

sendin my love to all yall back home!!

** And yet God uses broken and imperfect people to challenge others and inspire others. He utilizes our mistakes and our victories to shine a light on the path so that others might follow the transforming power of the gospel in the life of each person. **

Mothers Day

Well first off Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mothers out there! So many of ya'll have been a blessing to my life and I am so thankful for you! Three in particular however are the women who have shaped me into the person I am today! I love you Mom, Nanny, and Nana! You each have blessed me in more ways than I can think of and I am blessed to call you my mom and grandmoms! :] Wish I could be with yall today. 

 Nanny 

 Mom

Nana 

Well these last few days have been really good but really tiring. One day I left the house at 7:30 and didn't get home until 10! I am still going out on outreaches with the team so those take up my mornings. The other day we went to a Rehabilitation Center. When we walked into the room where we were going to be testing I felt like I just walked in on an AA meeting. Everyone there was sitting in a circle and there was a lady talking to them. She introduced us and we just told them what we were doing there. It was a muslim place so everyone there were muslims, which was different for me but fun being in a new type of environment. When we got there Eric was talking to everybody in the room, there were about 15 guys and 2 girls. All these people were here because they were drug addicts and now they want to straighten up there life. Well from the get go one of the guys raises his hand and say's to Eric, "I want to know her name" pointing to me. I just smiled and didn't say anything because Eric took the floor. Now I've said before this guy has taken me under his wing in a sense of being 'protective' and this was just another instance. He looked at the guy and then at everyone else in the room and said listen, see that beautiful girl over there....NO ONE talk to her! She does not understand you..she doesn't speak afrikaans or english, she is german and only speaks german. Then he goes AND she is engaged to be married in THREE days so none of you even try to get with her. It was too funny I couldn't help but laugh. Soon enough they realized that I was not indeed german and was from America. So I got to play the heres 100 questions about America and GO. Later they found out that I wasn't engaged either. One guy came up to me and said Shelby, I lost my number could I have yours? It was all in good fun. Another guy then sang me some love song and randomly put my name into the lyrics. I keep telling Jennifer she needs to come and experience these outreaches with me...one of these days she will. 

  What amazed me the most was that after everyone got tested, Eric said now I know all you guys know what HIV is but do you have any questions for me. One guy talked about how when he used to shoot up heroin, he would use the same needle as the guy before him. He said that he would sometimes burn it before to sterilize it. We told him that that isn't 100% reliable, especially when dealing with HIV. To my absolute surprise there was not one positive test result! 

This weekend Living Hope had an opening day where people around could come and see what Living Hope as an organization did. Jennifer and myself went up there because we figured it was a beautiful day might as well go do something. We got there and it was slow. Not many people came in the morning so a few of us got together in Joey's Land Rover and drove down to the big intersection at the robots (traffic lights) and passed out little fliers saying come check out Living Hope and what not. At one point we made it a competition to see who could get rid of theirs first....Im proud to say I won that! I just flashed smiles and people rolled down their windows. Heres some pictures of us in action. 

 Ntandazo went blonde for this outing. 

 dodgin cars 

 picture moment.

Ntandazo and Desmond 

Well all that lasted a good 30-45 minutes. Then we got back to the main campus and there were still not many people there so we left early. But I finally can give ya'll faces for names! I hate reading about people and not knowing what they look like so here ya go

 This is Tammy...I was showing her what I do when I am at the testing outreaches...which is height and weight 

 This is Siya! one of the 4 health counselors i'm with in the mornings 

 Anele! were best buds 

Anele && the infamous Eric

two of my all time favorite guys in Africa. 

THEN 

after this wonderful morning we went back home to get ready for the Rangers game! It was a day game which ment it was on at 7 here! I'm not able to watch the night games since the time difference. Well Clark, a good friend of Jennifer's back in Abilene, is living out in Stellenbosch for the same amount of time that we'll be here. Now I will never for the life of me figure out why me and him were not friends in Abilene...but I suppose the whole becoming friends in South Africa is a way cooler story! As he put it last night, I'm pretty much the girl version of him. So needless to say we get along fantastically. Well obviously he LOVES the rangers as much as I do so we thought it only fitting we watch it together! Well I decorated and we went and got food so we had a bbq. When he got here I was blaring Texas country throughout the whole house! Thankfully we had the entire place to ourselves for the night. Well naturally the sight we usually watch the games on is deciding it doesn't want to work. So we only got to actually see some of the game but we listened to it all on my phone. But good food, great company, and rangers game was just the way to end our Saturday. They lost unfortunately but we can't win em all! After the game I plugged up my phone to the speakers in the house and I was playing 95.9 the Ranch, which is a station back home in Fort Worth and I sent in a message about how we're listenin in South Africa and this that and the other. I had forgotten about it until about 20 minutes later they gave us a shout out!!!! I hadn't told clark or jennifer I did because I doubted they'd(95.9) of even said anything. But boy was I wrong, we all went a little crazy. We then ended the night with a few games of pool. So even though I missed being there for some of my best friends graduations from college, I had myself a very fun night. 

 put my shirts on pillows. 

Well I hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday! I am blessed beyond measure not only to have great friends here to keep me going, but knowing there are people back home sending their love. Enjoy the simple things and live each day to the fullest! 

Always end with a little something...

As much as you want to plan your life, it has a way of surprising you with unexpected things that will make you SO much more happier that you originally planned. 

....that's what you call God's will. 

&& this is why God put us together 

Township realities

I love being able to be somewhere and know that no two days will be the same. Last night around 10 I could not get a hold of Anele and I didn't know if we were doing another outreach or not. If we were I usually pick him up on the way and I was so nervous that if I didn't wake up early and be there at 7:30 then he wouldn't know I wasn't coming and would miss his taxi and train. AH it was a mentally stressful night. Well I woke up this morning with still no word so I just assumed we weren't having one (I was right thankfully) 

Anways so we pull into Living Hope a little before 9 and NO one is there..well that's a bit of an exaggeration but it was not as busy as normal. Well not but 10 minutes after we get in Avril rounds up all 6 of us that are at the office to start cleaning the boardroom. So we were wiping down tables and she said that there was a group of people here one of which is apparently the 37th wealthiest man in America. Who comes up with that stuff anyways?? How can you know that you are indeed number 37? It was business. wealth not personal but still quite blessed in the economic side of things. Haha anyways he is one of the biggest donors to Living Hope and has actually never been here so now all the cleaning began to make sense. Usually its not a big deal. So the group gets there, all extremely nice people and John Thomas traps me in the room with them and is just like well while your here...why don't you tell everyone what you do. So I went through my whole speel about being an LSE(life skills educator) out in Capricorn...part of the OVC (orphans&vulnerable children) team...runs the resource room/library AND part of the men's outreach team. Haha they were actually very enthusiastic about all of it and really wanted to know more about me which was awesome. It made me feel like what I'm doing is recognizable. :] 

Now I feel like I had a God moment today, like he was trying to give me peace about how I'm so unsure about my future and EVEN about how much my heart hurts about not being able to go to Ghana. So during 'tea time'....yes every time we are together in meetings we stop for tea time. Well one of the guys was just chatting with me asking where I was from and what not and I had told him I graduated from ACU in December and he said congrats that's a big accomplishment. He then asked the 'well what are you doing when you get back' question which I hate so much because I don't have the slightest clue. He then said you know what...that's a completely acceptable answer. He asked if I knew the verse about "your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path". He told me that the lamp only lights up your next step...not your future. He said that we might not even make it to October so no need to fret about all that because he has a plan. It was nice to hear that because we do get caught up in the future and what we what our life map to look like. What are bucket list is like and many of us don't just stop and live in the present. So with that said ENJOY each day!! :] 

Now this is when I decided that me going back to Ghana is most certainly a part of his plan for me! While talking to one of the guys I mentioned that I've spent the last two summers in Ghana so it didn't take long for me to get used to trying to understand their thick african accent when speaking english. When I said that he said oh wow, we just came from Ghana. My heart just sank of jealousy, not going to lie. Then another guy came over and said hey I heard you were talking about Ghana what part were you in. I told him Accra and he said wow our main headquarters is in Accra. He knew of the Village of Hope and then we even talked about this certain road that has been redone. Such a small world but it made me so happy to be able to talk to someone who was JUST there about the place. I might stay in contact with him on the off chance I can do something with them while I'm there. But God is good and he continues to show me that he has a time and place for everything! 

The stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas && the blue bench under the mango trees at VOH in Gomoa-Fetteh,Ghana are where I'm most happiest. :] 

Oh big news, today I found out that Living Hope wants to branch out and open up in Kenya and Zimbabwe!!! AWESOME. That would be so absolutely awesome because then I'd already have a connection and could go there when they open to volunteer for a bit. endless possibilities. 

But that was just a little something about what's been on my heart today. 

Special request for my kids. Now..I work with 5 to 12 year olds. Today we were doing surveys and I asked some of the kids what they were scared most about in their communities and the answers they gave were guns..gangsters..drugs..bad people who steal kids..rape..mean people. NO child should ever have to have this as their fear. It instead should be the boogyman..what's under my bed at night..ghosts..

Just puts into perspective how different life here is. Makes you really appreciate everything you have back home. Could you imagine raising a child in that kind of environment? Sadly this is just the norm...and hopefully we will be able to keep these kids from just turning into another statistic. Another sweet innocent child grown up to become another drug addict, another rapist or rapee..another kidnapper. Just pray that God uses our words and actions to be instilled within each of these kids and have kids club be what made them go down a path of righteousness and not a path of destruction. There are still a few boys that I'm working with, two in particular Jeremiah and Denzil that have been on my heart. I have mentioned them before and they are dubbed troublemakers but I'm usually drawn to that kind. Anyways I've found that if I give them tasks, like pass out the drinks they behave and do what their told. Denzil has started to even get on to other kids during story time if they are misbehaving. It's just nice to see how they are changing. A day at a time! 

Anyways love to all. 

Goeie Dag!

Goeie Dag! Meaning good day in Afrikaans...

Sorry i haven't been a faithful blogger lately! Just been tied up with african life. SO exciting news...in 26 days this group of hooligans will be gracing South Africa with their presence! 

wooohooo im excited for them to get here! They will get to see what life is like here in good ole Kommetjie, South Africa. As well as getting to meet all the people i've grown to love here. 

so yes. family shout out! 

Anyways ohh so much has been going on here within the last few days. I've been going on more HIV/TB outreaches so I have been able to create relationships with the 4 people I go with. Claudine, Eric, Anele and Siyatakazela haha and yeah don't even ask me how to pronounce that...i just say siya. Anyways those 4 have been a lot of fun working with. The other afternoon I was hanging out in their container with them before kids club and Eric mentioned that I am going to work with them permanently and not let me do kids club anymore. I just laughed and said that'll be the day. It's worked out quite nice being with them some mornings and being back in time for kids club. I mentioned in my last post that I got a love letter from one of the guys i met on an outreach and I told Eric and Siya about it and they just lost it. Eric told me I must give him the email right now so he can email this man and tell him to stop 'emailing his wife' haha..he thought he was really funny. But needless to say it was nice hearing he would do that if need be. They've seemed to have taken me under their wing. Jennifer came over to their container to see what we were up to and got Anele to help teach her some Afrikaans words and Xhosa words. Xhosa is impossible to learn!!! It's one of the hardest ones...it's that clicking language. Anele has been trying to teach me but I just tell him that I cant physically say a word while clicking at the same time. But who knows...never say never right! 

OH. fantastic story. 

[one of the many reasons I LOVE working with these guys]

So one day we were out at an outreach and Eric was asking about where I was from and what not. Anele asked the typical 'do you wear boots and those hats' questions. Well Eric piped up and said how much is a plane ticket to America? I told him then converted it to Rands for him. He then asked how many tanks of petrol he could get with all that money. I told him I had no idea but i'm sure quite alot. He then proceeded to tell me that he would save that money for a ticket and just spend it on gas so he could drive to see me in America. I just looked at him confused not knowing where he was going with that statement and just said you can't drive there, unless you put your car on a big boat. He thought otherwise. So I pull out my phone and show him this exact picture.  

I show him where Texas is and where we are right now and he looked at it. I then pointed out the Atlantic Ocean and said it separated the two places so the only way you can get across is by a boat. Now this is when I almost fell over I was laughing so hard…He pointed to the equator and said well there’s a long bridge there so that’s what I’ll take! I just looked at him and tried to hold in my laughter when I said Eric! that is the equator! Everyone started laughing including him and he just looked at the picture again. Ohh it was great and I haven't let him live that down just yet. Everyday is something new but always leave me in a fantastic mood. 

So club has been going good! This last week we were teaching the Parable of the Sower. It's the one about the seeds being scattered and some fell onto rocks and others into thorns and yeah. Well Jennifer was the story teller and I illustrated for her. We make quite the team if I say so! 

This last week at club I was sitting outside waiting for all the kids to get there and I saw these two girls leaning against our container eating something. I went up to them and asked what they were chewing on and this is what it was.

That yall are some chicken feet. 

 I just thought it was funny because I am quite certain that is what my mom thinks she's going to have to eat when she gets here. She mentioned at one point she's going to be sure to bring a bunch of crackers in case she doesn't like the food. 

Well we have been here for almost 3 months!! Crazy how time here just flies by. Well a few nights ago we played pool for the FIRST time since we've arrived. I then realized how much I love playing and have played everyday since. Tammy came over the other night and we just ate dinner, played pool, and listened to music for a few hours. I told Eric I was playing alot and I don't think he's too thrilled...he doesn't want me to come back and be much better than him :] haha 

Saving the best for last. I know I've said there are baboons all over the place here...well now we don't have to go anywhere to see them, they come to us. 

About two weeks ago we came home to see Katrin all flustered. After asking why we hear that just before we arrived there were about 20 baboons in and around our house. That is when they got in our fridge and ate all my kiwis and apples. Well since then the baboons have invaded Kommetjie. They are EVERYWHERE. That bottom picture is actually outside of our room. Today when we were driving home from church one ran out in front of us. We looked off to where it came from and there were easily 15-20 baboons just hanging out on a playground. Now we are having to be very cautious that we don't leave any doors or windows open. Which isn't much of a problem now because it's starting to get cold here. But yesterday even I was sitting on my bed and I saw something move outside our door and I looked up and 2 baboons were just sitting there looking in. I got up and tapped on the window a few times and they didn't budge. 

Not a sight you'd see everyday back home. Funny how seeing baboons is just a normal thing here...some days it's weird when you don't see any. 

Well there ya have it, my life in a condensed version. :D

Miss all yall back home and hope nothing but the best. Hope each one of yall is doing fantastic and living everyday to the fullest and ending each day thanking the big man upstairs for the things he's blessed you with. In the midst of your busy day don't forget to listen to God because he is always telling you something.

"The spaces left undefined by technology and the fields where industry has yet to obscure - that is where God has the room to speak and heal and dance..."

In Africa, His people never dance alone.