3DAYS!

3 days to go and I will fly out to be with friends and supporters from my sending church in Oregon and after that I will fly to Germany to see my family and friends there. I am excited and nervous. I haven’t been in Oregon for 2 years!! I haven’t been in Frankfurt/Germany!!! I cannot wait. However, at the same time, my heart is sad because I will miss my new home: Coastlands Community Church in Table View/ Cape Town/ South Africa. I am thankful to God for having 3 homes, three nations in my heart: my own (Germany), The States and South Africa!!! 3 more nights in my apartment that has been such a blessing to me in the last 2 months!

JohnBeckiCHALLENGE

Dear you, please take a few minutes and check out two videos that John and Becki Rusk (I blogged on them and their challenge in my last blog post) downloaded. One is about them explaining what is going on right now and one video is stunning as it shows a Buffalo herd and a little Buffalo being attacked. Watch and stand in awe! go here.

Becki

This blog post shall be about Rebecka aka BECKI Rusk. I met her shortly after I arrived in Cape Town in February of last year. She came with her husband John as missionaries to the same church. They both know Pastor Xavier and his wife Heather for a while. It has been a blessing to be here with them. Last friday, Becki was diagnosed with an agressive type of cancer. They left this last week for treatment back to Phoenix/Arizona. My prayers are with them, with Becki..every day. God, your healing touch on Becki. Be with her HOly Spirit in this difficult time. Becki, I miss you :)

OUTREACH

It was outreach time last saturday! Zakhele and I were asked to bring our Youth. What a priviledge!! The outreach was a day for little kids in Paternoster, a fisher town 1 1/2 hours north from Cape Town. After some activities and a lunch the kids would be given LOVE BOXES (like shoe boxes filled with goodies). Because of the fact that we have exam time right now, only ow of our Youth were able to join: Sheldon and Mario, our youngest ones. I had been in total anticipation and in prayer for us to be God's hands extended there. As we arrived, the event started soon and Mario helped me painting the little one's faces. He did a great job and had a lot of fun. Sheldon was our camera man. He took picks and helped us. Both of them used their gifts. Later we had make sure that the kids sitting at 20 different tables would behave and listen to the program provided. Sheldon and Mario (both 12!!!!) did a great job in that as well.I was blessed watching them. During Lunch Time our Youth had been asked to entertain the kids. Sheldon and Mario were really nervous but they were a great part of a Pantomime that we showed. We also learned I love Jesus in Afrikaans and I taught the kids how to say I love Jesus in German. It was fun. Then came the highlight of the day, the giving out of the love boxes. Let me tell you something: Those boxes were packed with love and care and they came from....GERMANY!!! That was such a blessing and honor for me then to give each kid a love box and then to watch them open them. Look at the pictures. At the end of the day, the 5 of us coming from Coastlands Community CHurch (Becki Rusk, Zakhele, Sheldon, Maro and myself) were a blessing and were blessed as well. That's how God does things :) so great so great!