adventurous weekend!

On Saturday we were supposed to help a church with some cleaning, but we found out late Friday night that the pastor was at General Assembly so we would not be doing that. So we woke up Saturday morning and we all had cabin fever because we had not left the seminary since Thursday morning to paint the church. So we all decided to walk to the Indian Ocean. We started out at 12 and arrived at the beach a little after 1. We walked around, did a little bit of shopping at the market, but mainly just enjoyed the fresh air! We decided that we needed to head back around 3 because we wanted to make it back before dark (the sun starts setting here around 5.) So we ended up at least walking around 12 miles but it was much needed and much enjoyed. The Lord definitely protected us and helped us find our way back safely.


Yesterday we went to Tomas' church. It was my favorite church. The people were all very welcoming, and some could even speak English which was refreshing. We went to Sunday school and it was nice because we did not feel like we were the center of attention but we just got to be apart of it. The we went to the Shangaan service and sang 2 songs and enjoyed the service (from the front of course.) I loved this church because I could definitely tell the Holy Spirit was alive and present with the people. The other churches have been great, and I definitely love how they worship, but this church seemed so genuine in the way they praised. After the service Tomas and his friend Clauvio took us to walk around town and then we treated them to lunch. It was nice to see more of the city. They took us to more of the "ritsy" side of town. Then after lunch they took us on a little boat and we rode on the Indian Ocean to a little beach called Catembe and it had a good view of the city. We walked around, took some pictures, and collected some pretty sea shells. After we were done Clauvio and his friend took us home, and that was interesting. The Lord is definitely looking after us. But it was a great day, and nice to get out a little more!

Today Adimi took us into town, and then when we returned we began preparing for the after-school program for the kids on campus. We began with songs, and then we played red rover, and then we helped them decorate popsicle sticks to make a picture frames, and then for the last part we gave them popcorn! They loved it! It was fun and also nice to be implementing some of our own creativy here.

Thank you all for being so faithful to read this and comment. That has been one of the biggest blessings from this experience is realizing how loved and blessed I am. I love you all!!

Kay