These past few weeks, there has been a different kind of
atmosphere here on the team. The house
has been filled with laughter and love for one another.   God has a way of taking what may seem like a
rough situation and turning it around completely for good.   1 John 4: 7-8 says, "Dear friends, let us
love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God,
because God is love!" I praise Him for
the love that He has lavished upon us and how because of Him we know how to
love each other. 

On Good Friday, we decided to take a day and just have fun
together. We went to a local game park
for a braai (an African style bar-b-que) and hung out with the zebras and
hippos. Then we went to this extreme
outdoor paintball course where we dove into bushes and ambushed each other! I'm
posting some pictures on here so check them out and see how intense we were!

Our nights around here have become very strange yet
hilarious. It's as if everyone gets back
from ministry and explodes with energy and excitement to see each other. Or...we have just been together so long that
the weirdness shines even more. We can't
even pretend to be normal anymore! There have been glow stick parades at 1 AM,
rap music videos made, fishing in the toilets for toothbrushes, hunting for
fruit around the yard, and frat parties. Each Friday night we do some sort of family activity and this past
Friday, Davie hosted a Christian Frat party! We drank a ginger soda and played
games like Pong, Flip cup, and Kings. We
even got in trouble by our neighbor asking us to keep it down, which made it
even more official. 

I know for those of you reading this, your probably thinking
we have all lost it. We may have...but
speaking for myself, I think I was crazy even before coming on the trip! Its
just amazing how God can take a death of a close friend and help our team
realize how precious our time is together. He has bonded us to Himself as we seek comfort from Him and realize He
is Sovereign, even when we don't understand the situation. He has united us with each other and filled
this house with so much love. As our
time here is coming to an end fast, we are soaking up as much time with each
other as we can. I am constantly in awe
as I see Christ in each person here. They don't just have the "Jesus" shine, they reek of Him and He is
overflowing out of them. I am a changed
and better person for knowing each one of them. They have all touched my heart in a way that they will never fully be
able to grasp. Thank you so much for
your prayers during these past few weeks! They have been heard and God has been
faithful in restoring the brokenness!

I praise You God for a community, a family and for a love
surpasses all knowledge!