This has been the week of goodbyes. We leave for Jeffries Bay tomorrow so this was our last week of ministry in this part of South Africa. I talked about Martha last week, the woman who works at the daycare that I go to everyday. I want to ask if you all could keep her and her family in your prayers. Last Sunday night they got a call that one of her friends had fallen and died. She had young children and the family is really torn up. Martha is such a sweet soul and this has been really hard for her. We had plans to take her to lunch this week and just spoil her since it was our last time there but she couldn’t go because she felt ashamed because she couldn’t stop crying sometimes. So instead we brought her lunch, flowers, a purse, and cards. She loved her gifts, she said the lunch would give her energy, the flowers made her happy and would dry up her tears, the purse would always remind her of us, and the cards would encourage her. It was hard to leave her right now when she is having such a hard time but I’m sure God must know what He’s doing. So if you can remember her in your prayers that would be great.
Thanksgiving in Africa was pretty nice. One of the girls on a real life team in Swaziland parents surprised her and took all of us out (around 100 people) for an American Thanksgiving dinner. It was amazing, we are all so thankful to him. We had all the original food which was great. I spent the rest of the day doing laundry by hand (my new Thanksgiving tradition…ha) and just hanging out with the team having a chill day.
I won’t be at the address you all have anymore so please don’t send anything. If you have sent something and I haven’t received it yet don’t worry, I will be able to get it later. I’ll have to look for my new address until January 15th. After that I will be in Kenya and that will be yet again a new address.
Also please remember our team in our travels to J Bay. It is about a 16 hour drive and our vehicles are not going to appreciate it much. We are all praying that they all make it okay and don’t break down at all.
I love you all and I’m praying for you. Expect another update from me on Tuesday
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Melissa I love you!!! It’s so weird being apart from all of you! Definitely a huge change. I miss having our little talks and hanging out all the time! I love you a ton! I hope everything is going amazing for you over there. I miss you soo much!!!