Rachel's Reflections

"Oh btw I have a mazing news ," Alexandra messaged me after I told her I was back in her city of Maputo, MZ last week.  "Can you tell me now or do I have to wait till I see you?" I asked. The next minute she called to tell me something that shocked me to the core and humbled me tremendously. I met Alexandra at camp back in April. S he kept telling me all about her plans to go to boarding school in South Africa next year. I could tell it meant a lot to her so I tried to be happy, but inside I was sad; we would be trading places, I would be moving to MZ from SA and she would be moving from MZ to SA. On the phone she reminded me of all this, making me sad again but then her tone changed.  "Remember... Well, I asked my mom if I could stay in MZ one more year so I can spend more time with you and she said yes!!!" (wow, I'm tearing up even now as I write this a week later. I still can't believe it). I was (still am) blown away, shocked, and humbl...

"Rachel, you are helping with the Grade 2 boys."  I was told on Monday morning. My face must have exposed my shocked reaction because the people around laughed at me. I was not prepared for that particular position while helping at Sandton Bible Church's Holiday Bible Club this past week. But looking back I have enjoyed every morning of interacting with the seven boys in my group: Daniel, Quinn, Ethan, Zakiya, Eden, Kewan, and Nathan. Daniel has a beautiful smile, Zakiya a sensitive soul, Ethan and Quinn love fun, Eden is quiet and gentle, and Nathan is bubbly; I loved talking to each one of them and pray they remember the lessons and verses they learned.  Theme: Mission 3:16  - Every day we learned about a major world religion using the acronym THUMB to help us remember. T - Tribal H - Hinduism U - Unreligious M - Muslim B - Buddhism  The kids enjoyed the continuing skit portraying the battle between the good guys fighting for the Truth and the bad ...

School Holiday  - South Africa schools are now on holiday break which means our weekly ministries are on hold. Our Discipleship Training Center students are also on break now, as of yesterday, and will not start their third term until August 1. It will be quiet without them here on property with us and I will miss them.  Sleepover - To celebrate the end of term two we had a sleepover with all the girls last night. It was a great time fellowshipping and bonding with them. I appreciated the quality time even more since I will not have time like that with them until I return from Mozambique mid-August, even though I will still see them a little next week in the mornings. (side note: I will be going into MZ from July 17 till around August 17, but more on that later).  HBC - I will be helping at Sandton Bible Church's Holiday Bible Club next week during the mornings with all of our students. HBC's are basically like Vacation Bible Schools in the U.S. with Bible stories, ...