I can hardly believe that I have been living in Oceanview, Capetown for a month now. It’s crazy how fast time is flying by and how I will be home before I even realize it.
The ministry that we do here is never really the same day to day so I’m getting to do a variety of things. Because of this I’m learning how to be more flexible and how to just go with whatever is asked of me. Before I came on this trip I thought of myself as a very flexible person, but I’m realizing that I’m not as good at that as I thought. I’m learning that it’s hard to not know what I’m going to be doing the next day or in the next week. Along with this comes learning how to be patient. Something that I also thought I was pretty good at. Turns out I haven’t been in that many situations before that my patience has been tested over and over. This past week the children in our town have been out of school so our days were filled with playing with them, reading Bible stories, colouring and just trying to keep strengthening our relationships with them. Kids are the same in every country, they teach me patience. It has been so good for me to spend lots of time with them because they are growing me so much. The other thing that has been new to me on this trip is learning how to live with 5 other girls in a small house, instead of being in the home that I’m used too. I’ve been blessed with a wonderful team so I’m so thankful for that. But in this transition I’ve needed to learn patience all over again.
