World Cup Updates

Hey all. The World Cup is well on its way. Last night was the start of the second round of each pool. South Africa got murdered 3-0 by Uruguay... it was pretty depressing. The outreaches are going well. This week I worked in the Hout Bay and Imizamo Yethu outreach. It consisted of a lot of Soccer clinics, childrens ministry, soup, house visits, and screenings of the matches. There were a lot of younger folk from Stellenberg Church. They are grade 7-9 Afrikaaners from a pretty nice community. Needless to say some of them had some difficulties on their first outreaches. I don't think I've ever been on a ministry team that had so many people cry during an outreach. I realized that I really don't enjoy soccer all that much, so it is a stretch for me to really be into running soccer clinics. Tuesday night we were hosting screenings of the soccer match that night. I was at a church in Hout Bay helping set up and I just happened to glance across the valley and saw flames shooting up out of Imizamo Yethu. The fire was 100-150 yards from the community hall where the other half of our team was hosting a showing. They had to evacuate our team from the community hall. Fortunately no one was harmed in the fire but an estimated 20 people lost their homes. I was going to go into IY wednesday to help clean up but got caught up in a bunch of other stuff on the otherside of town. That is just how this ministry goes. We have come under so much attack from the enemy this week it's been crazy. But amidst all that God continues to show how he is faithful and good. In about an hour I start to make the long journey to Mavhusa. The trip will take us two full days of driving, and I mean full days. It will be much more rural then Cape Town and we won't have much access to internet so don't be expecting a post until after July 4 (Happy Independence Day for everyone back home!). Much love for everyone!