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Day 5 from Cape Town, South Africa. God has blessed us today with sun and beautiful skies after 3 straight days of rain. Our trip this morning to Red Hill was very powerful. Dan, Kellsi, Austin, Liz, Crystal, Christy, and I told the lesson of Zacchaeus and how Jesus asked him to come down from the tree and join him. God is in all of us and Jesus loves everyone big and small including each of the many children we interacted with today. We helped the children make wind socks out of paper plates, streamers, and pipe cleaners. Of course, the children decided to wear them as hats (Kellsi guessed correctly!), but it was still a lot of fun. One of my favorite kids is Sanbisiwe, a 7-year old female who is Xhosa (pronounced kosuh, South African ethnicity). She is the sweetest thing and seems to not ever leave my side. I gave her and Bayanda, Assanda, Stantimba, and Buhle rides today on my shoulders. I am so impressed with how much love is here in Red Hill despite the obvious disadvantages the people face.
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The past two days I have been blessed to play futbol (soccer) in Ocean View (Kommetjie area) with some of the children of the area. A former professional Cape Town futbol player does a Christian-based clinic there four afternoons a week. What a great way to talk to God and honor our body by participating in a fun activity. Yesterday, I got to coach about 7 kids (aged 8-11), take them through various drills, instruct them on passing and dribbling, and then we scrimmaged. I was so impressed with a young girl named Bianca. She was an outstanding player and out-hustled all of the boys she played with. Her technique was so impressive. Most of the kids in America try to play too much one-on-one. Bianca and others truly understood the game for their age and always tried to make the extra pass to set up teammates.
One of the things I will cherish from this adventure is the relationships I have made with volunteers who live in the Sundollar house. Some are from America. Some are from England and Scotland. Some are from Canada. We are all part of a team and larger purpose and try to support each other as we serve God by serving others. After we leave South Africa, please continue to pray for Staci, Kyndall, Melissa, Stephanie, Chrissie, Emily, Becky, Amanda, Julie, Kelly, Mandy, Jess, Rob, Jenkins, Ruth, Stanton, Danielle, and others. That’s it for now. More from the Secret Seven tomorrow!!!!
Posted by Jonathan (JJ)