This is a journal I wrote while I was on a week long mission trip in South Africa.
You'll read stories about my adventure to South Africa, interactions with the locals, the amazing food, and most importantly how God used that week to transform me, t...
Hebrews 12:1-2: (Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was setbefore him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.)
Today started like most mornings except my abs hurt from laughing at Mike & Jon and their commentary while cleaning dishes last night from bible club. In this conversation, they would tell us about how they found "chunks" of unknown food stuck in between cups, and how mold had begun to grown on the food, and how "unsanitary" it was. I don't think I will be able to have a grown-up conversation with them for a while.
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As we arrived at Moletsane and the team is I believe, becoming more confident in entering and being in Soweto. The kids too are becoming more comfortable around us, but with that comfort as I've seen many times in Awana, comes push back from the kids in seeing how much they can get away with. Thankfully our group collectively knows how to handle situations when we get push back from them, and how to love and instruct them through it. And we must always act in love especially when we are tiredand dealing with different types of difficult interactions.
The kids have gotten more into worship which is great! Ryan did a great job in teaching time, in my small group almost all my kids asked questions and can recite their verses which is great to see and be a part of helping them learn. I just pray what we do, say, and teach them will one day produce fruit in their lives.
We then split into two groups like usual, one team to crafts and the other went outside to games, the blue team had crafts first which was quite enjoyable to help the kids, we helped them make crowns, which represents Jesus and how He is Lord of our lives. We began the craft by measuring each little head and stapled their crown to the correct circle size. The kids then each went to different pews with their crowns and picked out different jewels and sparkly additions to glue on their crowns.
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