last weekend Wells, Elyse and myself all found oursleves sitting in our own, south african bedrooms wondering .. "where'd everybody go?" For thouse of you who don't know, we three have been given the oppurtuniy to stay an additonal 3 weeks in south africa. and to the team... ITS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU HERE! but as much as we miss everyone we are loving it.
all of our adopted families have been taking great care of us and we are really enjoying going to school here... especialy the class that has bean bag charis as seats! Living in South Africa this past week has definatly been eye opening. people here dont have the luxurie of taking strolls down the street here ... when Elyse asked her host sister if she could eat her dinner outside in her back yard her answer was "Elyse, we are in Africa.. you cant do things like that when my mothers not home" we have also been noticing how difficult it is for people to be a Christian here. we were talking with one lady and she seamed to be exausted just explaing to us the difficulty of having non-christian friends who dont 'get it'. we have it so easy in Canada.
yesterday we had the oppurtunity to go to a hospital here in Jo-burg where they deal with mainly HIV children and their mommies. we were easter bunnies for the day, every child had a baggy in their hand full of goodies when the day was through. was that an experiance tho. it was hard to see some of these kids and to hear them cry. its one of thouse things that words cannot describe.
By the end of the missions trip with the group i was realy feeling like God was telling me that mine elsyes and wells missions trip wasnt over. we still have 3 weeks of missions work here in Jo-Burg just going about our day to day buisness with the love of the Holy Sprirt pouring out of us. and hopefully we will have more oppurtuinites like we had yesterday to help the communitie in anyway we can.
all thre of us will be leaving posts along the course of our stay here... so if your intersted...keep checking up
Missing you all greatly! ~Elysia
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It was sure strange leaving you guys in SA. We kept checking for you at the airports and in Hong Kong. Then it was....oh ya, they're still in South Africa.
That's so cool that you were able to be Easter Bunnies and pour a little candy and a LOT of blessing into the lives of those kids. Keep shining/sharing God's love!!
hi, I'm just checking this out cause I work with Sean at our church. Wow, I'm pretty jealous right now, and I don't even know you. I was just in Cairo, Egypt for a trip like yours, working with refugees out of Sudan. We didn't experience the same thigns as you are, that's for sure, but just talking with the Sudanese people was such a blessing, and really pulled at my heart. I think i'm going to keep checking on your blog, just because it is so interesting. Have an amazing rest of your 3 weeks! I'll pray for you guys!
-Catherine de Montreuil
Elysia, I totally felt like something was wrong after we got back and there was no one around for breakfast! (ok, Bruce was here, but he's just not the same as having 15 other people!). As crazy as it could be, all being together, I sure missed everyone when we got home. I'm so glad that you got to go and hand out Easter treats - ministering to kids does unique things to your heart.
HEY ELYSIA!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you and miss you dearly!!!! heres a poem just for you:
Elysia, your cute
wearing a bathing suit
in the hot sun
your lots of fun
while you roam
I am back home
waiting for you
thats what i do
LOVE, Toria
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