Yesterday

First, I have to apologize for not updating the blog yesterday. Yesterday was a late night (well, relatively speaking), and neither of us had the energy to jump on the computer.

Yesterday was a very busy day! We started the day off at school once again. The teacher in the 4th/5th/6th grade class was gone for the day, so I was asked to lead the morning devotions - 3 minutes before school started! Needless to say, I panicked for a minute. But God was good, and he immediately directed my thoughts to an appropriate scripture. After first break, Nicole and I headed over to Allen's classroom to have some one-on-one time with the older girls. We spent over an hour talking to one 15 year-old girl, Nozi. She had a lot of questions for us about our lives in America, and she wanted us to say hi to Beyonce for her ;) Nozi had a lot of questions for us. Please pray for Nozi - she is so close to giving her life to Christ. But she kept saying she just wasn't ready. We also had a chance to talk to a 14 year-old named Zenande. She was very excited to tell us that she loves that she can talk openly about God at the school. She showed us her favorite Bible verse (Psalm 50), and said she loves that she can ask the teachers whenever she has any questions the Bible or her walk with God.

When we got home from school, we started preparing for a school fundraiser that we attended last night. The original plan was that we were going to the country club to enjoy a nice steak dinner. Well, when we got there, we found out that we were helping to cook the nice steak dinner! Flexibility has definitely become the key word of this trip! Nicole and I helped dish salad, chips (aka french fries) and steak for the customers. Yes, South Africans eat french fries with their steak. We were both very disappointed there were no mashed potatoes. Even their KFC serves chips rather than mashed potatoes. They also cover their steak with sauce - bleh. Anyways, we didn't get home until about 9, which is probably the latest we have gone to bed since we have been here (hence the lack of post).

The two of us talking with Nozi.

The two of us talking with Zenande.

There is a funny story behind this one...On the way home from school, the boys in the back got too loud. So the driver pulled over and told them to get out of the car. They did, and they started running back to school to try and find another ride. 5 minutes later (when we had turned around to get them), they were still running! :)

We started a kind of "secret sisters" exchange at the school this week. The teacher who has the two of us gave us this South African treat - drivoors (I think that is spelt right...). It tastes like jerkied pepperoni. I'm not a fan, but Gloria really likes it.

The two of us dishing up salad at the fundraiser.