Their fields look like golf courses, you see rainbows daily, the houses look like they can be picked up at anytime and their poo pond looks like Silver Lakes golf estate's lakes! New Zealand is beautiful... and FULL of South Africans! We were all suprised to realise the numbers of South Africans here... so much so that when you are speaking Afrikaans in a shop, you need to be careful of what you say! Pretorius, Le Roux, Bosman, Ferreira, van Rensburg etc are common surnames here now! The local libraries even have a shelf for Afrikaans books! Not to mention...
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Meet South Bound 2010* From top left: Me, Henk, Tarina, Sam, Daniel, Elsabe, Danie, Riaan, Charmaine, Elsabe, Tannie Fillie (supporter of south bound!) From bottom left: Yolanda, Suiyen, Wynand, Isa and PJ!*
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Jeremiah 33:6-9 "Nevertheless, the time will come when i will heal Jeusalem's damage and give her prosperity and peace. i will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel and rebuild their cities. i will cleanse awae their sins against me, and i will forgive all their sins of rebellion. then this city will bring joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! the people of the world will see the good i do for my people and wll tremble with awe!" This morning we had an intercession and prayer morning, and Riaan also got this scripture! Habakkuk...
Envelope + a Saturday morning = challenge... Tasks included... Getting together 20 kids for a photo! Buying 20 pencils and handing them out to 20 kids and telling them that God loves them in Spanish! Danie drew a picture and then had to sell it... then we bought fruit with the money and blessed someone with it, while teaching them about the fruits of the Spirit... in Spanish! :) We had to pray for 5 sick people for healing... this lady i randomly walked past in the road, on her way to the doctor! she has been sick for 8 months, in...