My Christmas break went by so fast! It was really nice to come home, see everyone and eat some normal food for a couple of weeks. I flew back to South Africa on January 5th. I made all my connecting flights, arrived safety into Port Elizabeth with all of my luggage. (Always a good thing.) The first day everyone just unpacked and got settled into our rooms.
We moved into a nice big house. All the girls are in one big room with 9 bunk beds, with a bathroom connected to their room. The guys share a room and a bathroom. Then there are 2 rooms and a bathroom for the 3 of us girl leaders. We are connected with an amazing church here in town. They’ve been so warm and welcoming to our team. The church family has been very gracious and donated furniture, a washer and a refrigerator to us. Here’s a few pictures of our house.
The outside of the house
The girl’s room
The girl’s room
The guy’s room
Mine and Chelsea’s room
The team has really bonded already. It was a big change for them to go from a team of 41 students and 15 leaders to only 12 students and 3 leaders. Our ministries won’t officially start for another couple of weeks. So we are getting to know the city during this time. This week we are visiting all the different ministry opportunities. Some of the different ministries that we involved in are orphanages, a prison ministry, a woman’s shelter, a children’s home, and youth ministry. The students will be able to choose which one they want to serve in. They are very excited and ready to jump right in.
So far my support raising is going really well. Out of my $8,500 I have to raise I’ve already raised $3.400!! So I only have $5,100 more to raise! If you would like to contribute, click the “Support Me” on the left side of the page. Thank you all so much for supporting me! Please continue to pray for our team!
So far my support raising is going really well. Out of my $8,500 I have to raise I’ve already raised $3.400!! So I only have $5,100 more to raise! If you would like to contribute, click the “Support Me” on the left side of the page. Thank you all so much for supporting me! Please continue to pray for our team!
My new address is:
19 Trichardt Rd.
Parson Hill
Port Elizabeth 6001
South Africa
Love, Dee Dee
nice work
bet you’re glad you aren’t sleeping in a triple bunk – haha
c’s dad bought tickets to the duke / tech game
so we are going tomorrow!
Go Devils!
Hey Dee Dee!
Nice to see the pics of where you are living now. Looks like a good set-up and sounds like your team is off to a good start. Praying for you! Love and miss you!
Dee Dee!!
The house is sooooo cool that you are staying in! The rooms like real nice too!
I’m glad that I have your new address, thanks for the update! Hope all is going well! So glad that you’ve raised a big chunk of money! I pray Godspeed for the rest!
Love and Miss ya!!
Jess
What a cute house and room you have! Glad you’re not sleeping on a bunk bed! I’ m so glad you got there safely! I’m excited to hear all about what you’re going to be doing! That’s so awesome that you’ve raised that much money in such a short about amount of time! The rest will come!
Love you lots, Carrie
WAHOOO!
Glad to hear things are going so well.
Praying for you all!
hugs
I miss you like crazy again!! Wish I could have seen you more while you were home:( I cant wait tell you are home for good:)!!
So February 13th it will be my last day being a nanny for the girls:( They have been on a waiting list for Trinity private school since Lori was pregnant with them and they finaly got excepted and will start going full time on the 16th of Feb. So I have been busting my butt to get my resume up to date and looking good…
Well I miss and love you and hope that we can talk on Skype soon
P.S. the girls say hello:)
Those triple bunks are CRAZY!! So glad you aren’t staying on those!
Praying for you and hoping you had a great week.
Praying for all your money to come in!
Love you,
AJ
Hey woman! Love the house! I know you’re having a blast. Glad to know you’re alive and doing well!
Miss you a ton.
yay this looks really awesome. i miss you.
I had to stay in a triple bunk bed like that for a year during my internship with Teen Mania Ministries in Texas. Not fun! I’m glad you have your own bed. 🙂
I hope things continue to go well for you. Praying for you!