I am sorry that this post is belated, but we had quite a busy night last night. Yesterday was amazing and such an eye-opening experience for us all. The day started off with a great homemade breakfast at the "castle" that we're staying at. After that, we spent nearly four hours at the Apartheid Museum. It was absolutely huge and it was amazing all of the information we took in. After that, we went to a huge mall to eat lunch. There were hardly any white people in the mall, but it feels so weird being such a minority among so many people. One of the most surprising things that I realized was how nice and accepting everyone is! The children are among the most loving people I have met in my life, and they seem to never be able to give enough love. We met manhy children like this in a huge "informal settlement". This is basically a gigantic city made solely out of shacks. No matter who we met, we were granted with names, hand holding, and plenty of hugs. We have been so blessed to meet as amazing of people as we have. Many of them work at Soweto Community Church and they have been very amazed how wrong we have proved the steriotypes of whites. Time for bed!
-Andrew Martinek
Andrew...it sounds interesting and amazing! Praying for God to move in your hearts as you meet all these new people and learn about their lives. All is well here. I'm sick with a fever. I think all my worry about your cough and 5 of my girls going finally caught up with me! Not worried now though. Have fun and love one another!
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Sounds like an amazing time. I love that you all are appreciating already the people of Africa and your heart is already being filled with their love. I'm looking forward to more blogs and hearing how God is working. My prayers are with all of you everyday. Tell Kim hello for us.
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Andrew and all, thanks for sharing about your day!! I'll bet it is so different being the minority faces...I love hearing about all the children you all are meeting too. You all are in my prayers constantly. I can't wait to hear more! Give Em a hug from her mom....xoxo, Amy.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are all having a wonderful time...albeit a little sleep deprived I am sure! You are all in our prayers constantly!! I keep subtracting 4 and changing the am to pm to figure out where you are in your day!! I can't wait to hear about Kruger National Park!!! Hugs to you all, you are sure missed here, but know that God is working mightily in your lives and hearts!!! xoxoxo...Robyn
ReplyDeleteSo glad to get your blog posts - thanks for the updates! Sounds like you have met some amazing people so far - can't wait to hear more of the awesome stories you'll have to tell us. I know God is walking closely beside all of you and those you meet in this adventure as you keep stepping out beyond the familiar. We miss you all! : ) Tracy
ReplyDeleteWe have an old friend that works with the Christian Origination; Bridges of Hope. His name is Ted Holdeman He said; I am about 40 miles east of Cape Town in the town of Franschhoek. If Kim and her group are able to get out here they are welcome to visit.
ReplyDeleteIf you all have free time maybe you can check them out. Ted is an awesome friend. Brooke