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Having fun in Kenya The Zapper - what a laugh that was.... This is the CURE for any scorpion or snake bite. Just a little electric shock (hahaha) and the molecules break down. Good going guys, and anyone brave enough to try it :) "Water! Water!" The local wildlife This is what happens when election posters can be nailed to anything and everything - there literally wasn't anything else in the vicinity except a two-track road.

Long awaited and anticipated :) Unfortunately I do not have the picture of the toilets on camp yet, but I can tell you that anything you have seen before in terms of long-drops is luxury – we wished for a seat…. The camp was put under the teaching from 2 Timothy and daily readings were taken from1Timothy. Grant taught the passages well and in each one he reiterated the gospel message and how it would apply to our lives. The result was that at least four young people gave their lives to Christ. Keep praying for them, as they go back to old circumstances and traditions, that they will stay strong and continue in the faith. I think the thing that struck me most with these young people is that they have the same struggles and desires our youth have. They have the same ambitions, and yet they live so much simpler and poorer than most of us. The girls are quite difficult to talk to, since they have a put-on shyness for respect persons, which only disappears when they get married – ove...

Since I have so many impressions from Kenya I will have to post quite a few times for all the information to get written down. Those of you you have been at church on Sunday past, you will get a lot of overlap - actually you will get the exact same thing :) Maybe some elaboration that might not be the same, or extra. All I can say is, that the trip was GMT - good missionary training. But there were too many impressions – I wish I could import smells, sounds and turn the thermometer up a notch or three. Especially at night, where I'm sure the temperature did not drop below 25 degrees Celsius. Let’s start at the beginning: I’ve come from apathy and lots of prayer as well as lots of hard work (Hannah, Carine, Kim, Cathy’s sister) and all your contributions in terms of encouragement, asking about preparations and your finances of course (we were 27 000 rand over the budgeted amount when we left and could leave this money with Grant and Loki for the building of the pastor's house...

I think it finally grabbed hold of me - the travel bug. After listening to a number of friends who traveled the world recently, or who moved to various parts of the globe, I also wanted to do the same. When I spoke to my mom the other day I was conveying my itinerary for Kenya and mentioned the flight from Jo'burg to Nairobi. It only then struck me that "I'm going to Nairobi!" and finally, finally I'm excited for the trip. Thanks for all of you who contributed to the mission, much appreciated. I have managed to raise most of my support by this stage, I think today I'm still R300 short, but I'm still sewing and that should cover my part. Please do not hesitate to give more, should you have decided to give to God's work, the team could really still use a few thousand Rand. God really has blown me away with the generosity of people and in the process kept me humble. How often do I not trust Him to provide for me, and yet in this big venture He has been mo...

With the preparations for Kenya and all the sewing, I hardly have time to think, let alone write. I have a few things that I still want to write about, but they need to stew a little , so watch this space... Many of you ask how my plans for Kenya are coming on, and all I can say is: "I think fine." The team still needs to raise about R140 000 (yes, the amount of zeros are correct). All donations welcome :) I would also value your prayers, as I don't quite know what to expect. So I can't really say whether things are going well or not. Sewing-wise : I have taken on a little more than I can comfortably handle, so will again be shining in my absence from this blog. Late nights coming up, but we have been given an extra day off on Friday, since one of the family members of the owners of the Academy is getting married. What a pleasure - not only being invited to the wedding, but having an extra day off as well. The lessons will need to be made up, and the hours will need ...