Touched by the Township

I have had problems logging in on my blog on some computers, so I appologize for the long delay in communication.  It has been a life-changing experience these past two weeks already.  Our team has been serving in the township of Khatelyshia for a few hours every day.  I have had the chance to help build a greenhouse for a church in the township, which will help with financial support.  Most days, we led a "Holiday Club" (which is the same as Vacation Bible School in the U.S.) and showed God's love to all of the children.  We also made wonderful friendships with the teenage translators that evangelized throughout the community with our team in the afternoons.

The first day of evangelizing in the township really showed me how the Holy Spirit works in powerful, yet humorous, ways.  Our group was walking down the sand road and we were trying to decide which way to go, saying that the Holy Spirit would show us the way (in a kind of joking,  but kind of not way).  Next thing we knew, a large group of women sitting along the side of the road stopped us and wanted us to talk with them.  We shared the Gospel with those women and three of them decided to recieve Christ.  The next day, we were stopped on the road again (only about ten feet from where we were the first day) and four women prayed to recieve Christ.  God works in wonderous ways!  We attended the church in the township on Sunday morning and had a great time singing along to some songs that we only semi-understood.  The people at the church worshiped with all of their hearts and souls.  The only disappointing thing is that we noticed there were not any men in the church.  There were a few teenage boys, but otherwise it was only women and a whole bunch of children.  They were all sooooo excited to see us!!!  The people in the townships truly are the poorest of the poor, but their sense of community and the way they take care of each other is incredible.  We really learned from them and admired the joy that resulted from their relationships.

Tonight we will be going to a church and performing the "Lifehouse Skit."  If you have not seen it, I strongly suggest that you go to youtube.com and look it up; it is super powerful!  We also start outreach on campuses tomorrow and have briefing for that this afternoon.  I can't wait!