pictures from the past week

the pictures below are from an outreach at a local primary school in Soweto with the team that is serving us currently from Switzerland. Please pray for their time here through August 8th.

playing with the Swiss team versus the Wits U-17 Academy side

at the local Track and Field School called Feruntu havin some fun
with the kids after talkin about God in their sport and life

speaking at GodFirst Church

A couple weeks ago I was asked by my pastor here, Greg Tait, to give a recap with Riley (other AIA staff here) about Athletes in Action's World Cup outreaches. This past Sunday we presented to our batallion with a few photos. Pastor Greg introduced us as 'two people that have come to serve our land(South Africa)'. Its so cool to feel so loved by a group of people. This church has been one of the greatest parts of my year here. GodFirst is so radical in creating a real sense of missional living with a heart that just loves its city of Joburg. our small presentation was a great time to let our congregation know what exactly we did in all of the outreach that went down over the course of the World Cup and the couple weeks leading up to it.

Here is a picture of me below speaking at church and of course Riley is laughing because I greeted the congregation in English, Afrikaans, and Zulu. (side-note: those are only 3 of the 11 OFFICIAL languages of South Africa...So I gotta keep working on the other 8).

pictures from the Final

the Spainish

the last Enlgishman

The Dutch

had to get my pic with em!

the one Spanish guy amongst the Dutch

opening ceremony. big ups to my girl Shakira

kickoff

postgame fireworks

Sepp and Iker Casillias lovin the moment

in the confetti! whoop!

an amazing stadium

thanks Dad!

down in KwaZulu-Natal

So last Thursday our AIA Staff team headed down to uVongo beach for some R&R. The outreaches and getting staff and people where they needed to go took a tole on alot of us so we were in need of some rest. What better place to do that than at the beach. Winter here is a bit milder so the beach temps are still in the mid 60s and lows 70s. The water actually is swim-able here in winter too. We were blessed with some great weather and of course we spend our down time at night watching the quarterfinals. What an insane week of games and their shocking results. 3 European and 1 South American team are left to place out the last 4 spots in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. I will be in Durban this week to partner with Barrett Grant and the Campus Crusade Summer Project for the week doing outreaches around this amazing beachside city before flying back to Jozi on Friday night for the tournament's final weekend. Here are some pictures from the week in uVongo. check yall soon

The crew at the beach for what was a fantastic holiday

who woulda thunk??? but no its not as good as our beloved Waffle House back home.

a cove behind uVongo beach

St Michaels on the Sea

Cor Dirks(AIA Staff kid) is havin some fun!

World Cup fever spreads to the beaches!