We have two days left for ministry in the townships! It's hard to believe! Our time here really has been good! Please pray that we finish strong! Yesterday we had a half day in Masi and a half day off. For the Masi
part, we broke from the normal routine and instead (in our small
groups) treasure hunted. There were many cool stories from this and
I'll go ahead and recount the two from my group. * Our clues were "pink house" and "shoulder". Outside of a pink house
we saw a girl in a sling. We asked her if she was having shoulder
problems (she was) and then told her what we were doing. We prayed
for her and she immediately began weeping because she couldn't believe
that the Lord wanted to touch her in such a way (she was healed --
before we prayed she had no movement and after she could move her arm
once again). She immediately showed us where she lived and asked us
to come back. We invited her to our praise and worship this morning
and she came and is hungry to know more about Jesus. * We were walking and saw another pink house. We knocked on the door
and a guy came out of the next house surprised to see us (he wasn't
expecting to run into anyone). We asked him if anyone was home in the
pink house (no one actually lived there, he told us) so we told him
what we were up to. He immediately wanted prayer for three things,
two in particular were meaningful: to know Jesus and to have some
assurance of salvation. We explained grace to him, prayed for him and
he is excited about being introduced to long termers to learn more. There were several other cases of healings and curses broken and
people hungry to know Jesus -- quite a morning I'd say! For the afternoon we headed to Cape Town (the waterfront area) and
started at a big, nice mall and had a leisurely afternoon doing
different things. Some of the group shopped, some explored the city,
some found quaint coffee shops to relax in. We then had dinner
together and called it a night. All in all -- it was a very good
day. As I've said before -- keep praying! We appreciate it! Looking forward to sharing more with any of you that are interested
when we get back to the states! Brandon
part, we broke from the normal routine and instead (in our small
groups) treasure hunted. There were many cool stories from this and
I'll go ahead and recount the two from my group. * Our clues were "pink house" and "shoulder". Outside of a pink house
we saw a girl in a sling. We asked her if she was having shoulder
problems (she was) and then told her what we were doing. We prayed
for her and she immediately began weeping because she couldn't believe
that the Lord wanted to touch her in such a way (she was healed --
before we prayed she had no movement and after she could move her arm
once again). She immediately showed us where she lived and asked us
to come back. We invited her to our praise and worship this morning
and she came and is hungry to know more about Jesus. * We were walking and saw another pink house. We knocked on the door
and a guy came out of the next house surprised to see us (he wasn't
expecting to run into anyone). We asked him if anyone was home in the
pink house (no one actually lived there, he told us) so we told him
what we were up to. He immediately wanted prayer for three things,
two in particular were meaningful: to know Jesus and to have some
assurance of salvation. We explained grace to him, prayed for him and
he is excited about being introduced to long termers to learn more. There were several other cases of healings and curses broken and
people hungry to know Jesus -- quite a morning I'd say! For the afternoon we headed to Cape Town (the waterfront area) and
started at a big, nice mall and had a leisurely afternoon doing
different things. Some of the group shopped, some explored the city,
some found quaint coffee shops to relax in. We then had dinner
together and called it a night. All in all -- it was a very good
day. As I've said before -- keep praying! We appreciate it! Looking forward to sharing more with any of you that are interested
when we get back to the states! Brandon