Saturday, we got to go to Durban! Everyone was in such a good mood all morning because we were so excited. Haha. We got there around 10am and then spent two hours shopping in this market…I think it was called Victoria Street Market. I’m not sure but I got so many fun gifts and souvenirs for people! I’ve taken them out of the bags multiple times just to look at them :) Then we all headed to the beach! Again, having 53 of us clumped together on the beach was quite the sight but still funny. I immediately set my stuff down and ran into the water…so refreshing. It wasn’t as warm as the beach we went to last weekend, but it felt great because it was so hot outside. We all ate our packed lunches and a lot of people got milkshakes. I got a cookies-and-cream one…it hit the spot. After we spent all day in about 90 degree weather, we headed home and got caught in a huge thunder and lightning storm. Only in Africa.
Sunday was Valentines Day! I went to a different Indian church this week and really enjoyed it. One of my favorite things about different cultures is seeing how they worship, and it was so neat to visit this community of believers. After church, a bunch of us were craving McDonalds so we went there for lunch and spent a lot of time talking about how funny it was that we were craving it because most of us hate McDonalds at home. We came back to campus, did some homework (yes, I DO work here!), and then had a big Valentines dinner! It was set up in the Jabulani tent :) and decorated with candles, roses, tablecloths, etc. It was beautiful! We ate a fabulous dinner and, earlier this week we all picked names for a gift exchange, so we did the gift exchange. I got adorable earrings from Becca, which was fun. We ended the night watching 50 First Dates, which I had never seen and I thoroughly enjoyed.
Overall it was a really good weekend. I remember going to bed both Saturday and Sunday night, thinking, “That was a really good day.” Always a nice feeling :)
Today is filled with more homework and classes. This morning, we had chapel and it was AWESOME. The speaker told us he wouldn’t be able to speak today 15 minutes before chapel was supposed to start, which initially caused stress, but God knew what He was doing. This morning became a time of musical worship and reading of the Word. And God used that to reach into the corners of people’s hearts and just bring up broken places that needed healing. I had the honor of being able to pray for about 5 people who were just humble before the Lord. It was such a beautiful way to start the day and see God at work.
Tomorrow we are visiting our last potential service site and then we pick which one we want to do! So I’ll be sure to let you all know which one I choose. Please pray that God will put me where I need to be. That He’ll put in the place I can be most effective for Him, that I can serve the most, and also the place that I will grow and learn the most. The people here have so much to teach me and I want to soak up as much of it as I can!With love from South Africa,
Alex
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