In the past month much has happened and I don’t know how to fit all of the funny stories, things I have been learning and revelations from the Lord in one short blog post.
Our Africa Revolution team along with the three Swedish volunteers who we have been spending a lot of our time with were blessed this past week with a three day holiday in South Africa. The purpose of the trip was to have a real African experience in Kruger National Park. But along with our amazing time seeing elephants, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, crocodiles, and many more amazing animals, we also made many other memories in our short time away from the farm.

Some of our unforgettable memories:
1. Slowly driving along the road at Kruger when Julia freaks out in the back seat. Finally we see what she is seeing… a huge elephant only a few metres away from our vehicle! For some reason Clever stopped driving and was so afraid and panicked he couldn’t get the Kombi into gear. Our lives flashed before our eyes!
2. Getting dressed up and going out for dinner as a team. We had delicious food and had many good laughs.
3. Trying to find something fun and inexpensive to do in downtown Whiteriver (a small town in South Africa where we went out for dinner.) We walked around for a little bit and ended up finding some shopping carts. Everyone knows what happens in this situation.. somebody gets in the cart, and somebody pushes the cart. After much fun in the carts, Wonder and I decided to race Lina and Julia. As we were about to start, Wonder notices a security guard coming so he tells me to get out but he didn’t tell Lina and Julia about the guard so he lets them go and whispers to me “check this.” Thanks to Wonder, they got in trouble but we all had a good laugh about it when the security guard left. We’re so mature.
4. On our last morning in South Africa we wanted to check out one of the World Cup stadiums in Nelspruit. We drove there but got told we couldn’t enter the gate without a pass, so we happily took pictures of the outside of the stadium. As we were taking pictures, the manager drives up and invites us in! No big deal. So, we got to hang out in the stadium, on the soccer field, unsupervised! What an amazing experience.

The Lord’s favour was definitely upon us on this trip. We made so many memories and God truly used this time to unify our team.
This past week at the farm, the temperatures have dropped about 15 degrees. That is how it feels anyways… we don’t get the weather channel here at the farm but going from shorts and t-shirts to jeans, socks, mittens, sweaters, jackets and scarves makes me think it must be at least a 15 degree drop. It’s really hard to believe that I am in Africa.
God is also continually speaking to me and giving me new revelations of Him every week. Its so hard to know which revelation, which learning experience to share on my blog as so much happens from week to week. I should be blogging every day. This past week though, I have been reflecting on James 4:8 – “Come close to God and God will come close to you.” How many of us want God to come close to us?? So, what does He tell us to do? Draw close to Him!! I have so many stories of how God has spoken to my heart or how he has shown up and done amazing things in my life. And, when I think back to these times, nearly all of those moments have been when I am truly seeking Him out.
Something else I have been learning is the importance of not letting ourselves become lukewarm. This past month we have been reading the book “Crazy Love” by Francis Chan and I learned a lot from the book (its a good read, I recommend it to you all!) And last night at cell group, we also watched a sermon by Francis Chan called “Lukewarm and Loving it.” (you can search it on YouTube, its really powerful.) Not only is this sermon extremely powerful, but it is very convicting. Are we lukewarm? The Bible says in Matthew 7:13-14 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult and only a few ever find it.” Are we a part of that few? What comforts in our lives are causing us to become lukewarm? These are questions we MUST consider. When we look at the ALMIGHTY GOD, CREATOR of the universe and then we look at our “stuff” our car, our house… how can we think for a second that we may want to choose this “stuff” over the Creator? I need to really ponder these questions and pray that God will speak to me about these things and about how I can truly be ON FIRE for Him.
So many questions.., so much to think about. As I continue to ponder and learn much each day, please keep me and the team in your prayers! We are dealing with so much and your prayers will go a long way! Thanks again for reading!

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