It’s Sunday, so we went to church then went to the Cape Town warf retail district for lunch and shopping. Church was amazing. Held in a kresh just like the one we’re building. Other than us, about 30 people attend. 8 men, 18 women and the rest kids (random thought: why do men seemingly everywhere shirk their spiritual responsibilities?). Praise was mostly in Xhosa – call & response, but with a keyboardist who used a beat machine for percussion. It was unbelievable to be in this place, experiencing foreign tongues, but finding commonality in worshipping the same God. The message delivered was by a fiery woman (an African Theological College grad) who spoke on the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus. There was a translator (a nice Zulu guy), and they traded back & forth between the English & Xhosa. They asked us to introduce ourselves and we’re later grabbed out of our seats to dance during worship with others. It was unreal…I’ll never forget it.
I remarked at the team’s evening meeting that I learned two things today: the universality of God and the timelessness His Word – it’s as applicable today as it was 2000 years ago and perfectly right at home in Cleveland, Khayelitsha or anywhere. Only the Truth could be this ubiquitous.
Pastor Ohm talked to us tonight about Africa. He said there are three main areas of prayer need for this continent: its people are individualistic, they live in fear (ancestral worship, etc.), and they are not future-seeking (living only in the past or the present). He has a dream to have people in every time zone committed to praying for Africa at 10PM daily according to these three needs – a virtual 24/7 covering of prayer for Africa. Spread the word.
Poignant Moment #1054: Tobi told me I need to come back. At first I wondered if this was a line she feeds all the boys. But one of the many things I admire about her is that I have come to know that Tobi doesn’t speak solely for herself – it’s as if God speaks directly through her. In His mysterious way, God brought a doctor from Vancouver to sew into me in South Africa. A chord was struck within.
I remarked at the team’s evening meeting that I learned two things today: the universality of God and the timelessness His Word – it’s as applicable today as it was 2000 years ago and perfectly right at home in Cleveland, Khayelitsha or anywhere. Only the Truth could be this ubiquitous.
Pastor Ohm talked to us tonight about Africa. He said there are three main areas of prayer need for this continent: its people are individualistic, they live in fear (ancestral worship, etc.), and they are not future-seeking (living only in the past or the present). He has a dream to have people in every time zone committed to praying for Africa at 10PM daily according to these three needs – a virtual 24/7 covering of prayer for Africa. Spread the word.
Poignant Moment #1054: Tobi told me I need to come back. At first I wondered if this was a line she feeds all the boys. But one of the many things I admire about her is that I have come to know that Tobi doesn’t speak solely for herself – it’s as if God speaks directly through her. In His mysterious way, God brought a doctor from Vancouver to sew into me in South Africa. A chord was struck within.
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