Final week in South Africa!

Hey everyone,

This summer has flown by, we only have ten more days in Africa. It really seems like we just got here yesterday. The girls are finishing up with their exams and beginning to pack up their rooms to head home for their winter holiday. Last week was an emotional week to say our goodbyes to the girls that have already finished. This week is the university’s final week for exams, which means it’s our last week on campus. Friday begins our journey to a different province for the Joint Winter Conference camp until Sunday and then we’re doing mercy ministry in a nearby township. I can’t wait for the camp and to see what the Lord will do over that weekend. Please be praying for boldness during these next few days on campus and during our time this weekend at JWC.

I am sad to leave Africa so soon. There are many many many things about this place that I absolutely love. One of them being the sun, their sky is gorgeous, the sunrise wakes me up every morning and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ll also miss our team, we’ve grown such a strong bond, it’s sweet. I’ll definitely miss all the girls in Amper Daar, and learning zulu (Lauren and I are slowly becoming fluent). I'll miss our team Sunday workout days and late night McDonalds trips while jamming out to party rockin (It’s basically our theme song for the trip, as well as All My Fountains by Chris Tomlin). I’ll miss fat cakes. Fat cakes are pretty much a big fluffy donut. But it’s magic. Tomorrow Lele is teaching us how to cook them!

It’s been such a blessing to be in Africa sharing our lives with the students here,and witnessing the Lord do wonders in the hearts of these girls. We serve a loving and faithful God. It’s amazing how He uses wretched sinners to spread His gospel, the greatest news we will ever hear:

“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” Romans 5:12-21

Things to be praying for:

As of right now there are four girls from Amper Daar committed to coming to the JWC and a few more who are strongly considering it. The four girls who are going are Ikho, Pretty, Lebo, and Gugu. Please be praying that the Lord would prepare their hearts and be at work in them during the camp. The girls who are considering coming (Jamee, Audrey, Katlego, Slee, Lerato, and Lethabo) have a few barriers with money and/or parents. Please be praying that these barriers wouldn’t keep them from coming, and that God would crash down all walls for them. Mark 11:22-24 says, “And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

That God would continue to be working in these girls hearts, giving them a burning passion for the Lord, and that He would be glorified in them.

For perseverance during this last week on campus to go out strong, bold, and fight for the gospel. “ And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up” Galatians 6:9

That the leaders in Amper daar would continue to be faithful with pouring into the girls.

For the truths of the gospel to be revealed, and protection against false doctrine.

With Love,
Lindsay