3.12.09

Well, 2 more days have passed, and here we are again. The past two days have been two more days at Walk In the Light, and two more nights of having fun with the friends!
Our days at Walk in the Light are split in two. Before lunch we will always be working on different projects. After lunch on Mondays and Tuesdays we have our time with the ladies from the near township that have ties with Walk in the Light. After Lunch on Wednesdays we have our college age group, which thus far consists of just hanging out and having fun with the handful of 20ish age kids who come. Thursdays after Lunch is the same thing with a younger age, mostly middle and high schoolers. My personal favorite part of the day though is the last half hour to hour before we leave. As school gets out, all the young ones make their way over, and we get to have major fun for a half our to an hour. For the boys this mostly consists of some extreme soccer (if that’s what you’d call it), it’s a blast!
This week at Walk In the Light has been a little tough because of the lack of work there has been. It’s hard to go somewhere, completely willing to work, and then find yourself a couple hours in sitting waiting for the next thing to start. I’ve found that a lot of my frustration has come from selfish reasons – I want to experience the townships, I want to interact with the sick, I want to do the stereotypical African missionary things, but as I go further into this ministry I find maybe that’s not what it’s all about. Maybe it’s about the little things, maybe that’s what’s going to make the bigger difference in my situation. Regardless, I find myself dying to work. Thankfully we were able to find stuff to do today before lunch, mostly cleaning and organizing…it was fulfilling. Monday’s supposed to be the start of some intense programming so that should be awesome!
That’s about it for now. I think I’m getting a little better health-wise (knock on wood), but keep praying for me and the rest of the people here cause things are spreading. We’ll make it!