We Serve A Faithful God!

It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged. Things have been really busy for us the last few weeks. We’ve been in our ministries for 5 weeks now. It’s been really exciting to see God working through the students.  They have been growing so much in the Lord.  

The pastor (Timba) from our church (Lighthouse Family Church) came to us awhile back and asked if we would like to spend the night in the township.  A church (Holy Spirit Church) volunteered to have families in the church host us for a night in their homes. The townships are the poorest part of town here.  People basically have nothing, they live in shacks.  Some of the don’t even have electricity, running water or even toilets.  Timba really wanted us to come and experience what these people face on a day to day basis.  So, we agreed and this past Saturday night we went and spent the night with families from the church. Leah and I stayed with a really sweet family.  They had all kinds of questions about America and our new president.  They said they had never had white people come into the township before. The white people of South Africa are afraid to come to the township.  So they loved that we came and stayed with them. They were so excited to have us into their homes.  They served us an African dish of potatoes and beans.  They were really sweet and gave up their beds for us.  We would have refused and slept on the floor, but we were told that would be offensive to them. In the morning they served up a nice hot breakfast. They didn’t have a shower/bath tub or a sink. They only had a toilet. (which I was thankful for!) So since there was no place to take a shower they brought in a bucket of hot water and said here is your bath.  No soap, no towels, just a bucket of water. We washed our faces and that was about it. We had to brush our teeth out in the front yard and rinse with a bottle of water we brought with us. It was quite interesting to say the least. The family was very nice and hospitable. We all went to church together Sunday morning. It was a real African church service that lasted 3 hours long! They sang and danced for a good hour and a half. Then a preacher got up and spoke for over an hour. Then we had more singing and praying.  

We came home and shared our different experience from the night before.  One of the guys on our team had to sleep on the floor on a single mattress with the guy he stayed with. So often we take for granite what the Lord has given us. I think it was a great eye opener for the whole team, just to see how blessed we really are.

We want nothing more than to honor the Lord with our service to him. This week I have to go and get my visa extended. So please pray they will extend it so I can stay for the rest of the time. Our team has been faced a lot of spiritual warfare over the past week.  This week we are teaching about prayer and fasting.

Please keep praying for us as we continue to seek the Lord in our time here. I can’t thank you all enough for your continual prayer and support! I still need about $2,800 to cover the cost of this trip and my plane ticket home.  

I can’t wait to come home and share all the stories about what God has been doing in my life!

For His Kingdom,

Dee Dee