Discipleship in South Africa

Crazy! One continent to another

Log:

·         31 Jan – Belize (took the kayaks out, snorkeling equipment , a fishing spear and Luke to catch a fish and a conch to later prepare and eat )

·         31 Jan – USA (because of 20h waiting in Houston TACA airlines gave me a sleepover at a sweet hotel (worth $399, yeah!))

·         1 Feb – 7 Feb  – Sweden (Met family, surprised friends, ate sour milk, fruits and cereals (Amen!) and went sledding )

·         8 Feb  - South Africa (Got to Johannesburg and as I didn’t think click sounds were used in zulu  I was surprised by the way a guy working at the airport introduced himself (with click sounds))

I arrived after 19h of travelling to Durban and James, my mentor and friend I’m gonna have one-to-one with, picked me up. He gave me a ride to the Durban base, where I’m supposed to stay for four months.

the base in Durban

While being here I’ve been using my time preparing for what God has for me here. I’ve been taking prayer walks (went for a 3,5h long walk around the neighborhood and prayed for different locations in Durban, different people and areas in my life where I have no clue what’s gonna happen.  It was sweet and I got some words that I think is guiding from God – grrrreat). I’ve also been jogging around the neighborhood just to get a better picture of what the community looks like. The base in itself have some ministries going on through the staff working here so I’ve been trying to join as many different ministries as possible and will keep on doing that for the coming week.

After consideration and prayer I think I will work more towards a poor village close by, Burlington. The needs are big and there are a lot of things you can do to help. I think I’m meant to share life with men in their twenties, thirties to just show them how life could be like. During my time in Mexico our team decided to help a guy by replacing a front door to his house. I enjoyed serving in that way and would love having some locals joining me doing that. One thing I know I want is consistency and ministry which is not in the need of me but Jesus and people being obedient. I also think it’s important to get the right people on the bus, that I can’t be available for everyone but invest in a few to bring the kingdom glory.

the view from the base, perfect spot for prayer

We’ll see what the upcoming week shows

A multicultural country with several languages is fascinating

I’m doing great and I’ve got a few friendships to build on

Glory to God!