Family visit!
Our time with our parents has come to an end; they left on July 25th. Our time with them has just flown by but it has been very good. We picked them up on July 5th in Jo’burg and Katie and I were waiting for them with a huge Swazi flag in hand. It was so strange welcoming them to Africa! We rented a huge combie for our time together so the first thing we did was try to find our hotel which was supposed to be just 13 km’s from the airport! Dave was at the wheel driving on the left side of the road for the first time in his life and unfortunately it took us about 2 hours to find our hotel. It was quite an adventure getting lost in Jo’burg at night, going down streets that did not look safe for a bunch of Canadian tourists to be driving on and laughing at Katie’s dad Dave who turned on the windshield wipers instead of the signals at almost every turn. But the Lord’s favor was upon us as always and we finally found our beautiful hotel. In Johannesburg we had a relaxing time. We played games, went to a lion park where we got to hold and pet baby lions, and feed giraffes, and went to Pretoria on our way home where Katie and I met up with a couple of our friends from Mamelodi.
After our South African adventure we came back to Swaziland! Our week on the farm was also really good. Our families got the opportunity to experience a lot of the ministry that we take part in from week to week. We did a hospital visit, went to the Luke Commission one day, did prison ministry, worked at a care point up in the community and more. My favorite part of the week was when my parents joined me at my house families place on Monday evening. We got there at about 5:00pm and the boys in my house had made a welcome sign for them, it was so cute. And my house mother made the biggest meal EVER! She went out of her way to cook an amazing meal for us. The week before, the boys and I practiced some Si-Swati songs and we sang them for my parents. It was one big party! Along with the ministry, we also got to do some touristy things with them which was also nice.
We finished off with a wonderful holiday in St Lucia, South Africa. We spent a couple of days on the beach which was amazing as Katie and I have not felt the warm sun in a few months! The beach was beautiful! We did a safari, went on a hippo and crocodile tour, played games, ate a lot of good food, slept in, and relaxed. It was so wonderful! St Lucia was such a neat little place; I would recommend it to anyone taking a holiday on the East side of South Africa. 
So, though our time with our families flew by, it was a real blessing to have them here, to catch up, and hang out and for them to see our lives out here in Africa. I thank the Lord for giving them the opportunity to come such a far way to see me.. I am so blessed.
Besides having the Doiron’s and Froese’s on this side of the world, other things have been going on for me personally! God is still teaching me a lot! Lately I have just been blown away by how GOOD He is. As I lay on the beach and took in the sun at St Lucia I listened to some sermons by Matthew Chandler on the book of Ecclesiastes. (Pretty depressing book of the Bible, haha.. but I have really been getting a lot from these sermons.) The sermons are reminding me that Jesus is the only reason we are living here on earth. I live to serve the Lord, the King of the universe. And it’s so cool to be a part of God’s family. As a Christian, I can see things through the eyes of Jesus. So, even when the going gets tough, the JOY of the Lord is my strength. As Christians, we can enjoy life when it is going good, and when we have struggles. There are so many more revelations that I received this past week, but that is just one of many. 
On a change of subject, Katie, Clever, James and I have been realizing that our internship is slowly coming to an end. Ok, so we have another four months left but if time keeps going as fast as it is then I can say that my internship is almost over. Haha. Because of that, it is causing me to think about what comes next. I still have absolutely no idea where God is calling me to in January. Of course I have ideas running through my mind but it is all still one big question mark. The cool thing is that I am not at all worried about it. I look at my life since I graduated from high school in 2007 and I just see how God has brought every single thing together in His timing. He has provided, and He always shows me what is coming next in my life when the time is right. Like it says in Matt 6:34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” Even though I am totally at peace with my future and that God has it under control, I am still praying a lot about it. Trusting that God will show me which path to take when the time is right. So, if any of you reading my blog think to pray for me, this is something you could be praying for. That I would continue to focus on the ministry that I am currently involved in (that I would NOT dwell on the future!) But that God would reveal His plan for my life to me for the year of 2012. I would appreciate your prayers so much! And if you feel like God is giving you a word for me, please shoot me an email about it! Thank you all so much once again for how you take interest in my life and for all of your prayers. I cannot express how much it means to me!
