Three points to the person who can name the song I nabbed that title from. Anyone? Or not so much?
Anyhows. I have precisely nine minutes left online. Not gone well. Shortest blog ever. We've left Ladismith after three emotion-filled weeks and it turns out we had all formed a stronger attachment to the small town than any of us thought! We met some lovely people - the kindness from our host family was particularly striking - making us lunch and dinner daily for three weeks, always greeting us with a smile and never complaining if we ran out in a hurry leaving plenty of dirty plates. Amazing people. We ran a mini YWAM course with about eight of the young people - they faithfully turned up every afternoon for two weeks to hear each of us talking about hearing the voice of God, the bible, relationships etc - allowing us to give them a little of what we learnt during our DTS. It was really encouraging, just how keen they were to learn, getting to know them and forming friendships. And then, on our last night they really stepped up to the plate and led one of the evening services that we had previously been running for the community. Seeing those 17-year olds, who we'd invested a fair bit of time in over the three weeks, sharing their testimonies that evening was really touching, even if it was mainly in Africaans! A tear-filled farewell followed the next day. Now we're in a slightly bigger town (apparently the largest in SA!) called Oudstroom (many struggles pronouncing that one!), just for a week. Had our day off today, found out only too late that there's a golf course just down the road! If only I'd noticed earlier this morning the day could have been slightly more eventful than it has been. Oh well, either way my batteries are now re-charged and I'm ready to face the week!
Alright. Times up. Peace.
Xx.
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