Saturday, November 28, 2009

back at em!


most of you in america wouldnt believe that there is a Mac store 15 minutes away from where I am staying here in SA but there is. Thanks to a cool dude named Dimitri my computer is fixed and I am up and running again.

A huge prayer request is that we are cooking a thanksgiving meal for about 20 people here tomorrow and as of this moment we dont have power at the house due to a storm so lift that up.

I am jealous of all of you who have the ability to watch college football today! you stinkers! Go FSU and go UVA~!!!!

here is a picture from a few days ago...only in Africa...ITS A BABY LION CUB...not a golden retriever! hahaha love you momma!

Monday, November 23, 2009

man down

so the internet here in South Africa is nuts. You pay for how much you use in downloads so for example Skype calls take more space since they use video. maaaan is it frustrating!

at the moment my internet is down and i am borrowing other peoples internet. Prayers for my modem being fixed and that my computer would be working properly are welcomed.


My November newsletter prints today and should be out in the mail this week.

yall take care! goodnight from Jozi...

Friday, November 13, 2009

I found a place!

God has answered an enormous prayer as I found a place to live starting on January 1 2010. Its a huuuge praise because I wanted a place where I could trust the people I am staying with and with this place I can... Most places here in SA have a cottage connected to a larger house where families live and that is exactly what I will be set up in. This place is a one bedroom but with a living room as well. It was a connection that the staff couple with AIA had here with some firend from church. The place is located in a very trendy part of Joburg called Greenside. I am going over to this family's place on Monday night for dinner to get to know them beyond my first meeting to see the place so I hope to have some pics up at some point of where I will be staying.

Just to clarify I am not getting a place to stay until Jan because I am gone most of December in the Cape doing a beach mission in Plettenberg Bay with about 20 other people with Athletes in Action. The family I am staying with currently says its a-ok to stay here until that mission starts on Dec. 8 so I will just wait to move in until after the new year and save some money.

thank you for your prayers and continued support. I am trying to get out my November prayer letter this week so be looking for that soon. take care!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

FC AK



This week has honestly been so filled with the Spirit...its awesome to see how God has paved a path here even before I have come.

There is a 2nd division pro team here called FC AK. I am not sure what the AK stands for in their name BUT I have trained with them twice this week and helped out with Bible Study on Tuesday where we are going through our identity in Christ. And acutally in training I have held my own and made some decent saves as I am playing goalkeeper!

Here is a picture from my first FC AK game this past Saturday where I attended with a players family. This player is named Elasto and he is the captain and originally he is from Zim(zimbabwe). Elasto helps out quite a bit with AIA here in Joburg too. He has a great vision to reach his teammates for Christ that I now get to be a part of by training with them and helping lead the team Bible Study.

Prayers are welcomed for this great opportunity with FC AK of Johannesburg. Here are some pictures from the game on Saturday. FC AK is in the white and orange.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Thursday, November 5, 2009

760 Windsurf Street


hey yall...just wanted to give you a quick look at where i am staying for the month. This house is owned by the Athletes in Action national director, Chris Dirks. He is soooo gracious for letting me stay here for the first month while I find a place of my own. I am off to look at a place tomorrow evening even...praise!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

outreach in Pretoria and planning





A few days after arriving myself and two other members of the AIA Staff team here partnered with Campus Crusade to do an outreach at the Beam Orphanage in Pretoria. It was an incredible time to participate in Bible Study with some of the older men and help them dive through Romans 8. We also played sports with the children there before lunch including netball, basketball, and some soccer.

Before arriving at the orphanage our car had a flat tire so I changed my first TYRE here in Africa. Tire is actually spelled TYRE here! isnt that just nuts!

We have been planning this week and its exciting to see what types of ministry opportunities God has entrusted to us here. We are in a bit of a break now because it is the beginning of the students summer break which will last until mid January. Once the new year rolls around we will be having team meetings with the various sports teams at the University of Johannesburg to tell them what Athletes in Action is about and invite them to our kickoff Braai(bbq) and subsequent large group meetings. I will be working 2 days on campus when school gets back and the other 3 days I will be working with some of the local pro teams. There is a goalkeeper, Wayne, who plays for the Platinum Stars of the ABSA Premiership here that I have been assigned to disciple. So I look forward to getting to know him as soon as I can. Also I will be working with a second division team FC AK and I hope to train with them as well sometime soon. That team is lead by Elasto who is one of our associate staff members and a solid believer with a great vision to reach his teammates for Christ.

some things to be praying for:
-a place to live that is furnished (they are hard to come by)
-planning for the World Cup next June...we will be doing that tomorrow.
-that the Spirit would continue to lead our ministry team and that our focus as we plan would not be on what WE can do but what HE can do