Home in Africa

'Ello All!! :)
PTL'S:
~We are here safe! The plane ride was a little hard- although I think regardless of my back-- sitting for 20 hours was a long ride, but Cindy and I were able to sit next to each other and were able to bond quickly. I was worried about not meeting her until the day we left, but God had His hand in it. She is FANTABULOUS!! We are almost like twins and have blended and clicked insanely well!! :) PTL!
~ The people/ organization we are working with is amazing! :) They are all so wonderful!
~ The children at the clinic, which so happens to be right outside our backdoor :), are so wonderful!

PRAYERS:
~One of our team members has been feeling a little sick. His name is Chris.
~Cindy and I went with Lees (one of the workers for Village of Hope, a part of Thembalitsha) into the community yesterday. It was incredible but heartbreaking at the same time. We experienced and learned so much.
She took us to an Agape Christian School for children with Special Needs. It was heartbreaking. Although they have good Christian people to watch over them and some very nice equipment (much better than what I was expecting!), it was heartbreaking to learn that here in SA they typically put babies born with any disabilities or if they are premature, into a room in the hospital and let them die. Because they were born different, they are sentenced to death. It broke my heart being there thinking about all of the babies that are dying everyday and of how many little lives that I love who are "special" in the states that would not be around if they were born here.
On the bright side, we have been invited to come work at the school-- aka LOVE ON BABIES-- whenever we want. Next week we are going to go work there. :) My heart went crazy while I was there. I came back to the house and cried for awhile, but I'm excited to go back.

~~ Pray for a little boy named Michael. We were able to bless him with school clothes so that he could return to school on Monday with his peers. He has a very rough home life with a mother who is an alcoholic and siblings who are addicted to "Tick", a drug like meth.

** I asked God to speak to me about the things happening around me and in my head. At 3am last night I woke up suddenly compltetely awake and the children at the special needs home on my mind. I asked God what was happening and He put a verse in my head. I didn't want to look it up for fear of waking Cindy so I laid there for an hour thinking about it and fell back asleep.

The verse was Romans 12:1. Read it. It spoke directly to me and brought me to tears this morning when I read it.

God is doing some amazing things here! The ministry is awesome. The people are awesome.

I'M IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN!!!

I will try to get on sometime next week and put of pics of the babies! :)

All my love!