December//Holidays//Jesus

Reflecting on the past month gives me so much joy to see what God did. We arrived Dec 10 here in Mizenberg. We all had a general idea of what ministry would look like but then again it was only a general idea.

The first week we spent helping host a crime prevention program in one of the villages. We had no idea how many kids would come or what it would really look like but when we arrived that Monday morning we could see that it would be a busy week. The kids showed up so excited.We spent the week doing games and other stuff like that as well as teaching them in crime prevention. The villages have quite a bit of crime and the key is to raise the kids up in the right way.

The week after that was Christmas, it had its challenges being away from home.This past year, I was

gone for every holiday and family gathering so it was somewhat challenging but it was still so good and I would even say one of the best Christmas I've had. Christmas afternoon a few of us climbed to the top of a local mountain. We got to the top and you could feel the presence of God. We spent time praying and worshiping. We believe that God, our Father made the earth he made it to be enjoyed for us to see his glory and experience Him. Looking over the city and sea, it was like a Christmas gift from God with a smile on His face saying enjoy.

During the week of Christmas, we did door to door ministry in the village. The first day we came to a house with two older men who were addicted to alcohol. They were so broken and looking for anything to take it away and give them peace. One excepted Jesus.
The next day we were waiting outside one house while a part of our group was talking to some people inside. A mama came up to us and said, "You walked right by my house, I want prayer too." We we went to her house and one of her friends was there. The woman was a born again but her friend wasnt, we talked with her for a while and then she gave her life to Christ. The raddest part was the joy that this mama had, you could see the light of Jesus shining out of her.

The week after we spent time time doing train ministry. We brought a speaker into the train and we would play worship music, preach and walk around the train and pray for people. It was an amazing experience. One day we took the train into Cape Town and we prayed for people. Everyone came into really cool conversations with people on the streets.

This past week we helped with a youth camp. Each day we prepared a teaching, did songs and a drama. From there we would break the kids into groups and have them talk about what they learned.

One kid who was in my group always had the biggest smile on his face. We sat the kids in a circle
and prayed for them. He said that he felt God wanted him to be a pastor when he grew up. I was so stoked to hear that. I will never see him again but I know God will do amazing things with him.