Thurs: I arrived in the evening after two days of travelling. God connected every bus and kept me safe. I was out of my comfort zone hallelujah! The first bus said that we would arrive late because of road works, which meant that I would miss my connecting bus. Thank you for your prayers. The friendly bus attendant said that he would be in contact with the next bus and hoped that we would make it. Then they prayed over the intercom on the bus, glorifying God and thanking Him for protecting us. There was a guy at JHB station that helped carry my bags and then tried to get more money out of me after I gave him a R40 I didn’t expect to.
Fri: Drove to D’kar to drop off Miriam and her family for the funeral. While we were there, I got the privilege of checking out the museum and art gallery. There was a San woman on the floor of the workroom painting her canvas in the San style. Very colourful and abstractJ
Sat: We went to Miriams fiancé’s funeral. The ceremony and burial was beautiful. There was lots of singing. Very sad. There’s such a community amongst these people. The families are big. This is God’s inheritance! We had church in the Ghanzi bush and delivered water and prayed for healing. I preached from 1Pet2. There were some new members. They were eager to get prayer for God to show them their purpose and the ability to hear the Holy Spirit. One man came smelling of alcohol. He was very happy to be there and kept agreeing enthusiastically with what we were preaching, and thanking us gratefully for sharing the word.
Sun: We had church in Grootlaagte. Worship was amazing! The Holy Spirit came strong! These people, especially the children worship with such abandon and with full voice! It was awesome. Rose and I went to play with the girls while Lee preached from Psalm 103. Rose always prays for God to bless the girls and protect them from the plans of the evil one. Wool had been given to the ladies to knit hats. One of the ladies had churned out 3 beautiful beanie hats. Later we visited Doppies house. This man is amazing. God has given him such pride, drive and creative gifts! Since I saw him last in April, he has dung ‘cemented’ his floor, skinned two goats and prepared them to make traditional clothes to sell, made beautiful wooden sculptures, and he’s busy gathering materials to make a donkey cart. Amazing!
Mon: I stayed at home weaving a mat, making a finger puppet and playing with Lemmy, Paja and ‘new friend’, a boy from next door that just started playing with us. He was expressionless and didn’t speak. I decided to call him Blessing and I prayed over his mouth. A little while later he was speaking his language and laughing with LemmyJ Later I found out his name is Warona, meaning ‘ours’. Later that evening we went to a prayer meeting with other missionaries, led by Sonetta. The Holy Spirit was there, shoo! We prayed for Ghanzi and its people. God spoke to Sonetta about Him wanting us to enter into the inner courts with Him every day, intimacy, compassion for others like Jesus has for us, and His Fatherly LOVE! Amen! We prayed for revival, Gods kingdom and a hunger for God for these people. We also prayed for South African affairs. God will have His plan and purpose revealed no matter what!! Woo hoo!
Tue: Woke up hungry for God. Got an idea to pray and anoint clothes if we received any. Later Lee said I should go into the store room and sort the box of clothes. Ha ha.J Then we would go out and deliver water and clothes to the people. Lee went to apply for ID’s for the people and sort out tools for Doppies.
Wed: Going out to visit, check on, deliver water to, deliver clothes and pray for the people in Ghansi bush today. This is the grassroots gospel! I just want to be Jesus to people.
Since I’ve arrived here, I’ve enjoyed every moment! I know God wanted me to come again and all the doors opened beautifully and with ease. God has given me the most amazing peace. I expected or hoped to get here and start prophesying, performing miracles, etc. Then He told me again that I’m a daughter of His and I can only do what He tells me to. The divine rest He offers comforts me and reminds me not to get into performance again.
I am here to learn, again. To receive, eyes and ears wide open. He is so faithful! We NEED each other. There has to be a balance. We are His body. There are millions of us all created to display His glory. We are so different for a reason. There is so much to learn from each other.
The San are so rich in heritage. They respect nature and want to live in touch with it. There’s such richness to the San people that is very humbling. There’s a joy in them that wasn’t there before. I was so filled with joy and so excited to see them again! How awesome is our God who takes nothing and makes something! They are so beautiful. They don’t need wrinkle cream or anti-aging tablets. They’re proud of who they are and how God made them. Did you know that the San share EVERYTHING? If you ask them, “do you want Jesus?”, they’ll say, “yes we do”. They sleep in the same hut/shack; they eat from the same plate; drink from the same cup; visit each other and share their lives everyday. Wow, I have a lot to learn. I want God to get rid of every individualistic attitude in me.
There’s an atmosphere of freedom here. There’s much less stress. I love the pace of life. Life is simple. I hope to take some of these things back with me and apply them in my life.
There are so many hungry people here, spiritually and physically! But, our God is really ALL sufficient, there’s no end to him, there is enough of Him to go around for these people and all people for the rest of eternity! His fullness never ends! And He just keeps giving and giving and giving and remaining strong! Amen! He’s so AWESOME! He WILL take care of them, and you.
Love, Megs
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