We spent several hours in Masi again on Sunday. I normally might wait a few days before sharing about it, and lump a week together, but our time was just so encouraging I feel like it needs to be shared in its own posting.
We started off by going to the Zimbabwean Bible study that [...]

I am long overdue for a post such as this. Brandon has been very faithfully recounting his outreach time in Masi and posting it online, but I’ve only briefly referenced what I’ve been doing. Brandon and I have actually not had any overlap in our outreach times; we’ve gone out with separate small groups in [...]

I’ve got more stories to tell about outreach — they never seem to stop! We’ve had three days of it since my last note, last Sunday and Thursday and Friday.
Sunday
Sunday started with a trip to Darlington’s house. We were kind of surprised (but shouldn’t have been!) to find him waiting for [...]

(NB: I am copying the idea for this post from one of my fellow CPx students, Julie Ostrand)
Things here in South Africa aren’t too different from the United States. People over here on the other side of the world have the same hopes and dreams, as well as many of the same brands. That’s right, we [...]

Guess what I found here in Cape Town? A street that’s named Norman Road. Just reminded me a little of my Oklahoma home.

So in order to get around town, Brandon and I decided we needed a car. And thanks to the generosity of many people, we were able to buy it this week. We purchased a used 2006 Toyota Tazz. (Pictured above, which I have named our Razzama Tazz) We don’t have Tazzes in the States, but [...]

As of today Brandon and I have been married exactly one year. Happy anniversary to us! It’s crazy to think about the journey that God has taken Brandon and I on over the past year. Our life looks totally different now, in nearly every aspect. To celebrate our anniversary, Brandon and I went into Masiphumelele [...]

We had our second week of community outreaches this week. As I wrote before, Juli and I are in Masi so that location should be assumed throughout this note. A lot happened in my group (I walk around with our coach, named Munya who is from Zimbabwe and Lucas who is actually from Masi) [...]

One of the big blessings of CPx is that it includes people from all over the world of all different cultures. It’s something I knew about coming in, but didn’t expect to be such a blessing and delight. There’s definitely the potential for a lot of conflict here as a result of all the different [...]

We’ve kind of settled into a rough routine here (finally!). Most days, we get up early to spend time with Jesus and eat breakfast so that we’re ready for our first session.
8:30 a.m. We have some sort of teaching about church planting, either with a leader from All Nations or a guest speaker.
10:30 to 11 [...]