Lotsa angry elephants!!!!

So this weekend we went camping.
its was a very last minute thing that I hopped onto.

On Friday night we went to a place called "Merry Pebbles" in Sabie.
it was very beautiful, but it was raining so it almost sucked.
We started braaing only at like 11:30 or so.
While doing that I put in a cd sop we had some music. Paul started rocking out to it and slipped down the hill and bailed into the river, It was freaking hilarious, you had to be there.
We only ate at like 3am or so, was just awesome.

On saturday we went to the Kruger National Park.
it was just so beautiful because it was so green and lush.
we stayed the night there and decided to drive around in the morning.
we spotted a few buffalo, lotsa impala and a few others but the highlites were:
5 wild dogs, a rare sighting at the park.
1 Goliath Heron catching a fish, very amazing.
+-150 buffalo crossing a road in front of us, beautiful.
1 dead impala in a tree, a Leopard must have put it there.
A herd of Elephant crossing the road in front of us, we tried to get through them but it didn't work.
one of the oloder ones blew his trumpet and shook his head which was really cool.
A slightly smaller, half grown, 3 ton or so elephant decided to get feisty with us and actually charged the car I was in.
I almost freaked out!

thinking back on it all, it was one of the best weekends I have had in ages.

With lots of love and many blessings

Helo ppl

Hi people

Yes it's been ages since I've sent anything home so I decided to say hi.

Well its been a pretty busy period yet again but life is still going on well.
I got a bit of a concussion on sunday playing soccer.
David and I hit each other pretty hard going for the ball, but we are both ok luckily.
I actually dunno what to say cause im feeling rather slow.

Well South Africa beat Wales now 20 points to 15 in rugby, but wales deserved the win.

So a date has been set for me to come home, or is it go home( im a bit confused)
I will get back to Johannesburg on the 20th of January 2009.

Please pray for wisdom, courage and strength for us all as we face this last stretch of 2008.
pray for security on the Hands village, ASM property and for the Lodge up the road.
Please pray for me as I start looking to find a place in a University next year.

Many blessings and lots of love
Callan

Liberty teens song

This is a song that a couple of teenagers from Liberty church wrote while in Masoyi.
I hope that it touches your heart as it did many of the people here including mine.

I was sitting in Masoyi on the porch on a hot summer’s evening
There’s a poker game going on inside but I don’t get the meaning
Been working hard all day with the sun beaming down on me
My eyes are now open and now I see

I see
They don’t have much but they have enough
I see
The way they live is pretty tough
I see
They have faith in God not stuff
I see

The day is now over but the battle rages on
As my eyes grow heavy I think of the work I’ve done
The world didn’t change today but I understand
Every little action is part of God’s great plan

I see
They don’t have much but they have enough
I see
The way they live is pretty tough
I see
They have faith in God not stuff
I see

And it makes me wonder
Who is the real me?
But as I close my eyes to pray
I see

So...

I decided that I haven't been on in a while so I decided to drop a line



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sorry bout that, now that the randomness is out of me, HI

Its been a while since I sent mail home.
Im doin fine, just putting that out there.

There was team from Liberty church here this past week and it was really nice seeing them.

I only got back from Capetown on Tuesday afternoon and then came home and saw my kids.
Seeing everyone again was really awesome, Especially all my kids from relentless.

We spent time in Masoyi on all the days I as with them and it was really cool.
Thursday was really awesome cause we had a holiday club in the 40 degree heat with practically no shade and no water either.
The relationships that were built and old ones that were brought back together again was so cool.
seeing the kids interacting with people thay probably wouldn't have in JHB was really nice.
Seeing kids out of their comfot zones was so cool and I'm really proud of them for their work.

This week was really cool and I really loved it.

My time has been amazing, I've been here for over 8 months now and its been so great.
I've learn't so much about myself and relationships and a whole bunch of new things.

Well im off.
Love you all

Individuals can make a change

This is just a quote from George Snyman, everytime I read it I'm just blown away by it.

"If we really want justice, we must wake up. When I look at the devestation of HIV/AIDS in Africa, meet dying young mothers or eight-year-olds heading households, I feel deeply sad, but also heavily challenged:
I know I could make a difference. I know individuals can change the world. Just look at Jesus.
His sacrifice changed millions of lives forever. His followers should do the same today, sacrifice comfort and safety and follow him among the poor and broken."

Everytime I read that quote I feel like I am part of something, realising that I am a part othe body of Christ.
Every part of the body has a unique role and cannot say to another part "I am better"
So it is within the body of Christ, every person has an individual role to fill and none of us are better than another.

I hope that the quote above inspires you to go out and make a difference in your environment today by trying to be like Christ and changing the world for the better.

Equal yet unique

How often do we say "But I dont deserve this, I'm so much better than that!"

Well I hate to break it to you but...clearly the things you go through are just part of life.
God would never give us something that we cannot deal with.

I've noticed that there are many times in my life that I look at other people and think "man I wish I could have just a bit of what they have."
But then I have to come back to my senses and realize that God has a greater plan for my life.
We may not see the plan God has for us but in the end we will see it and be amazed!

I cant remember who told me this but I found it very amusing, "we are all gonna have flat foreheads in heaven one day, cause we gonna see the answers to the questions we have asked and smack ourselves on the head and say 'of course that was the answer'"

We aren't better than the person sitting in the next office, next classroom desk, the guy sitting on the side of the road or anyone for that matter. God created us all equally, and that may not sound all happy and nice to you but get over it!
God created us all equally but also all unique, he took the time to create us all different in our own special way. Nobody in the history of this universe is exactly 100% like you, aren't you happy about that?

Well that enough of my ravings for now, back again soon.

With tons of love from me to you