Over 2 weeks in . . .

Hard to believe we landed in Durban over 2 weeks ago.  We have been happy to enjoy some quiet days here with a couple highlights. 

Outside of Grace Family Church.

On Sunday we attended Grace Family Church in Umhlanga. This is a large over 1000 member church located right off the ocean.  Nothing like a great view!  It was a little different then what we are used too with loud music(D covered her ears) and smoke machines. The songs were still familiar and the message was on God’s Love and was very applicable for our lives as Christians.  

View from church parking lot.

Gene is on a committee for a mission in Cambridge, Ontario called the “Gleaners”  This program takes “unusable food” by Canadian standards and cleans, chops and dehydrates it into packages for shipping to countries in need.  The Container Ministries which runs out of Grace Family Church in Durban is a recipient of the Gleaners products.   On Monday we enjoyed a great lunch out with 2 wonderfully giving people who run this ministry.  We heard about how they operate and different things they are doing to help the many people in need here in South Africa.

Through conversation we also found out that the Container Ministry is Partners with Z’s orphanage in Matatiele.  We are realizing more and more that though the world is very land big it is small in community!

About every 2 or 3 days we are careful to have some down time were the girls can just “be” at the cottage.  D enjoys some time by the pool or playing quietly and Z usually catches up on some sleep.  Today should be our last day of paperwork and then we will just enjoy some more waiting until Z’s passport is in.  It will be nice to know that everything we can do has been done.   We are feeling so entirely grateful for God’s provision on this trip here is just a small list:

1. For good health and safety in travelling.

2. For 2 beautiful little girls who have traveled AMAZINGLY well.

3.For great food and wonderful fellowship.

4. For the many people God has put before us that have inspired us to do more to help those in need.

5. For SUPER speedy paperwork so far