It's gonna explode...

Oh gosh. So, I am failing terribly at keeping this up. (I was doing so well too!) I'm going to keep trying, though! I think what I need to do is write my blog entries just in Word or something, so that I only have to be connected to the internet for a minute or two to post them. It's just hard to keep writing when I don't have unlimited, wireless internet. (Definitely one thing I miss about the States and have a newfound gratitude for.)

So, my brief up date for the day is this: 

On Sunday, a teen was baptized! His name is Michael Aguirre and he is in grade 10 (I'm pretty sure). His baptism was/is such an inspiration to the whole church, as he has grown up in the church and has been letting the scriptures change him over the past few months. It really has been amazing to see. (Here's a link to some pictures of Mike's baptism: glorious day)

After church, there was a lunch for all the teen disciples, which was also very encouraging. Even though I was a teenager not that long ago, it is so exciting and inspiring to see high school students decide to follow Christ and take a stand for him. And they/we have their whole life ahead of them to see how God will use them and bless them! 

There are quite a few teens studying the bible in the part of the Joburg Church that I am in, and I am convinced that the ministry is about to explode with baptisms. Pray. 

Joel 2:27-29

New International Version (NIV)

²⁷ Then you will know that I am in Israel, 

   that I am the LORD your God, 

   and that there is no other; 

never again will my people be shamed.

The Day of the LORD

 ²⁸ “And afterward, 

   I will pour out my Spirit on all people. 

Your sons and daughters will prophesy, 

   your old men will dream dreams, 

   your young men will see visions. 

²⁹ Even on my servants, both men and women, 

   I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

One by one (including updates)

Hello world!

I am so behind in my blogging that it's not even funny. I promise to catch you up on lots of details very, very soon, but I will quickly post the biggest update.

We had another guy get baptized at UJ! Hennie. He is such a sweetie, and was actually just met by a random invitation to our bible discussion. So now our UJ group is eight! Alicia, Siba, Gordon, Christian, Eduard, Hennie, An, and myself. Here are pictures. =)   (oh, and it was 40 degrees F that night.)

Sharing about Hennie

Presenting the biltong ;) (For those of you who don't know what biltong is, it's basically like beef jerky...Although South Africans would be offended that I compare it to that.)

Praying

Yay!

Now quick, get out!

Hennie and his sister

UJ

And another one bites the dust

I know I haven't posted in so long, but quickly...

We had our first guy from UJ get baptized! It's very exciting! His name Eduard and he's a third year. Here are some pictures. =)

All the kidies watching.

UJ

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! ¹⁸ All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

-2 Cor.5:17-18

Foggy Londontown

I'm in London! This is only my second time here...the first time was this past summer and I spent 15 minutes in the city. Yes, 15. This time I get NINE hours in the city! Maybe one day I'll spend an ENTIRE day here - what a concept!

I love London. It's one of the few places that I have always felt immediately at home in. That might not make any sense considering I've never even spent the night in the place, but some places just feel like home. New York is another one of the places I feel that way about.

I'm doing ok so far, not too tired. I got a grand total of maybe three hours of sleep, on the plane ride here. So even though I'm think I'm feeling and thinking normally, please excuse any typos or incoherency - is that a word? I'm thinking that if I exhaust myself today, then maybe I'll sleep most of the way to Joburg. The flight is somewhere around 10 hours, so I definitely have lots of time. 

Ok, I'm going to go enjoy the city!