Thursday, August 21, 2008

Tourist in my own country

So I went with Jon and Heather, who are also volunteers here, to go sight seeing.

We started by taking a back road to Sabie and went to see one of the falls there. It wasn't the greatest one but the bridge right by it had this awesome swing and slide from the top of the bridge into the water below...looked so awesome.

After Sabie we started to make our way towards Graskop for the legendary "Harries" pancakes.If you have evr been there you will know what I'm talking about.On our way there we stopped by Mac Mac falls, we had to pay 10 Rand enterance fee,what a tourist trap....the fall was ok I guess but dissapointing cause we had to pay to see it.

After that waterfall we headed to "Harries" and satisfied ourselves...I ordered a venison and sweet potato, Jon got a tomato lamb bredie and Heather Got a spinach and feta one... desert was a Banana and home-made caramel sauce( absolutely divine!!!)Jon got a sugar and cinnamon.
After that we walked around town a bit to check stuff out... then Heather decided she wanted to try biltong.She bought us all a piece of Kudu biltong...I was so in heaven at this point.Jon and Heather struggled with their pieces of biltong... not African enough i guess.

Once we left town we decidd to skip God's window and head straight to Blyde River Canyon.the are so many things I can say about its beauty but to some it up into one word WOW!we went to a very quiet view point and chilled there for about at least an hour and a half.I concecrated the canyon by peeing off a cliff, something i recommend for all 18 year old males.it was pretty fun bein on the edge and just thinking about how long it would take for the pee to get to the bottom of the cliff.After that we went and found a nice place and just chilled, I suntanned in winter!!!!!

We then left there and went to the three rondavels, again just WOW.there was one rock that I sat on that must have had at least a 200 meter drop under it, it was just so scary but so great sitting on that rock.there was also one that i lay on my stomach and looked down, easily 350 meter drop.

We then headed home after that.

On our way ome I was just reminded of God'sajest and his creativness, the evidence is all around us.we placed everything exactly where it is and created us all perfect in his eyes.it was just so amazing to be able to see one of the many beautiful places within my own country.I honestly felt like a tourist cause I took so many photos of everything.I loved the experience so much!!!!

"My life be lifted high...Our world be lifted high...our love be lfted high"My prayer for you is that you would see God' Majesty and his love for each one of you daily,also that you would see each other with his eyes as perfect creations.God showed me that we need to stop making people just a statistc and value them so much.John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever beleives in himshall not perish but have eternal life"God gave his son for each of us individually but also for the world, those that dont know him.let our every action show his love to others.

May God bless you richly.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

What a night

So last night I was busy watching the movie “Transformers” again and out of the blue one of “my” kids called me.
It was Jonty, one of the guys that I “mentored” for lack of a better word.
He called me up and said he was thinking of me.
So naturally I was like cool.
He said he had looked down at the floor and seen a coin lying there and it had reminded him of me.
Now in my head I was like what? How does a coin remind him of me?
He then said that he looked at the coin and said that I had dropped all material possessions and gone to do the work of God.
At this point I was practically in tears but went and read my bible, I just opened it and it was the parable of the poor woman. It made me think, am I like the rich in the verses giving out of my abundance or am I like her giving everything that I have?
This morning I woke up with a new freshness upon me and felt like a champion cause I have Gods freedom on me.