(Written last week, just was able to post it!)
I write to you all on a warm summer night in Jeffreys BaySouth Africa. It’s hard to believe that nine days ago I was in 5 degree weather and snow falling all around me. I got back to Jeffreys last Tuesday and got settled into our new house and also smaller team. My team is 11 girls and two female leaders. I am excited to see how God is going to use our all girl team to show His power and might through us.
I ran into ministry this week so excited about my new schedule and to see what God had planned. My new schedule this year will be Monday and Wednesday’s discipleship in the morning and my Ithemba ministry in afternoon. On Tues and Thurs will be full days of ministry. House visits in the mornings and Ithemba in the afternoon. House visits are new for me, but I am so excited about it. I am on a team with Faith and Alexis. Alexis has done house visits previously so we will be visiting the people she has already made relationships with to maintain those, but we might also meet some new people. House visits are simply making relationships with the people in the townships. –Being a part of their every day life whatever that might look like rather it is: washing clothes, playing with their kids, watching TV with them, or talking for hours. It was so good to go back to Ithemba this week. I had missed the kids so much, and it was so great to see them again and have them genuinely happy and excited to have me back. This is the start of a new school year for them, so we have been preparing and getting ready for the new school year this week, because school will start again on January 21st for them. I get to be with my same class! So I will be moving up to grade 1! So the last few days have been full of: cleaning, preparing curriculum, and organizing. Friday’s will be our free day this year instead of Saturday’s and Saturday instead will be family ministry in the morning and intentional ministry in the afternoon. Family ministry will really be a variety of everything, simply just a ministry our whole team can do together, because we rarely get to work all together. Intentional ministry will be really anything that I want it to be. I would really like to spend that time with the women from Ithemba. Spending time in their homes and building those relationships stronger. So there it is! A rundown of my life this next semester! Chase after Him!
I ran into ministry this week so excited about my new schedule and to see what God had planned. My new schedule this year will be Monday and Wednesday’s discipleship in the morning and my Ithemba ministry in afternoon. On Tues and Thurs will be full days of ministry. House visits in the mornings and Ithemba in the afternoon. House visits are new for me, but I am so excited about it. I am on a team with Faith and Alexis. Alexis has done house visits previously so we will be visiting the people she has already made relationships with to maintain those, but we might also meet some new people. House visits are simply making relationships with the people in the townships. –Being a part of their every day life whatever that might look like rather it is: washing clothes, playing with their kids, watching TV with them, or talking for hours. It was so good to go back to Ithemba this week. I had missed the kids so much, and it was so great to see them again and have them genuinely happy and excited to have me back. This is the start of a new school year for them, so we have been preparing and getting ready for the new school year this week, because school will start again on January 21st for them. I get to be with my same class! So I will be moving up to grade 1! So the last few days have been full of: cleaning, preparing curriculum, and organizing. Friday’s will be our free day this year instead of Saturday’s and Saturday instead will be family ministry in the morning and intentional ministry in the afternoon. Family ministry will really be a variety of everything, simply just a ministry our whole team can do together, because we rarely get to work all together. Intentional ministry will be really anything that I want it to be. I would really like to spend that time with the women from Ithemba. Spending time in their homes and building those relationships stronger. So there it is! A rundown of my life this next semester! Chase after Him!
Much Love from Africa,
-ellie
