Top Ten From Week Two =)

Top Ten from Week Two

(ps I cannot believe it is only week two =) praise the lord time is going by kinda slow)

1. I had an amazing clinical experience at Ethembeni. Ethembeni is a hospice home visiting organization. Tuesday I was able to go up to Haza which is a very rural part of the town Mpopemeni. We handed out food to people who had very little. Then once they have been given food they are encouraged them to come to bible study after. MAN O MAN that was a powerful time with the Body of Christ. These men and women affected by HIV have had lives transformed by the father. I understood very little of what was being said but I FELT and I knew that they were testifying about the goodness of the Lord through their pain. Thursday I had a chance to do home visits to patients that were in town. After giving the food we would do bible study and pray in her homes. The verse that the lord continued to lay on my heart was Ephesians 3 and though these patients were wasting away in their physical bodies I pray that their inner beings will be renewed so that they can grasp the intensive love that God has for them. It was powerful and many tears were shed: tears of joy and tears of pain and sadness. But there is joy and passion that is rooted in the Lord. I am so thankful that I was able to be in a room full of Zulu men and women and experience the Zulu side of our God. He is so awesome and so big. And one of my favorites parts was getting to end my day at the family center. There are about 50+ kids that have all had parents that have been affected by HIV/AIDS meaning many of them are orphans who do not have one or both of their parents because they have died of AIDS. These kids have so much joy and are so amazing! I got to read stories, sing song and dance my heart out with these babies! I loved it.
2. Got to go to chapel on Monday and take communion and Joey Convertino had a beautiful description of what communion is. We always talk about remembering what the Lord did but he took an approach that we must RE- MEMBER like become a member of the body of Christ and by partaking in this communion we are re-membering ourselves into this body that thousands have done before us over the years. It was a wonderful reminder.
3. Joey Convertino and I are going to be leading a D-group which is a small group and I can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for us! =)
4. Got to get a little dressed up and go out with the nursing girls to an Italian restaurant called Pesto and it was GREAT!
5. Opened a letter from Kelsey that was labeled “open this when you are sick of doing homework” and made my day cuz it had rand in it to purchase art supplies and I can’t wait to do art! =)
6. We went to see paintings draw by the Bushmen and got to hike around the mountain! =)
7. Got to skype with awesome people this week such as including my amazing family! =)
8. We had Mexican food for dinner last night! =)
9. I am sad that I missed Kelsey and Jeremy and Karla and Daniel’s weddings but I am so happy for them! =)
10. Church this morning was amazing. I am going to an Indian church called New Life Centre and it is seriously such a blessing to me. The pastor is so passionate and the youth are extremely vibrate and so encouraging. I am so thankful that the Lord has blessed me with this place. =)

Can’t wait to see what week three holds! =)

I will keep you posted!

Thanks for the prayers! They are felt! =)