So, yet again, it’s been a while since I last wrote. This time I know exactly why. I’ve been in some serious denial about what’s coming. I starting writing this blog in my head almost two weeks ago. When it was exactly one month from the big D-day… the departure. That’s when it hit. I’m […]

I always say life is about the journey, not the destination, but sometimes the destination is pretty cool. This past weekend consisted of a road trip to Cape Agulhas, the REAL southernmost point on the African continent and where the the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet. So no insightful thoughts(ha!) week, just some pictures.   […]

This past week I got to do something that was maybe the most fun I’ve had in ministry here so far. Part of what I do is work with an addiction recovery program playing games and doing team building exercises. I have found most of my plans online and have seen a lot more things […]

Yes, I said home team. This past week a team of eight wonderful individuals came to wonderful Cape Town from wonderful Faith Promise Church. Do you think it was a good week? I did. It was great to have some people from home here to share with. It was cool to see them plug into […]

So here in South Africa, one thing seems to be working well. Mandela Day, which started in 2008, happens every July 18th. On this day, to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday, there is an effort to get everyone to serve 67 minutes of their time. One minute for each year Mandela served the human rights cause. […]

So, two afternoons a week I have a hurried commute from the health care center to work at Living Grace in Muizenberg. It’s where I have been planning a “fun” activity to work with the substance abuse recovery program. Muizenberg is about a 30 minute commute from the valley where I normally live and work […]

Someone told me yesterday that “now you’ve truly experienced Cape Town-baboons and wild fires!” Yes, the saga continues. My first week here I had a baboon in the house and MANY of you like to bring it up each time we communicate. Thank you. 😉 I knew baboons were part of the package when I […]

As I stated earlier, it was a little awkward taking pics when most of the people we were working with knew I was coming back to work full-time. Special thanks to Michele Stephens and Justin Petrowski for the pics for this blog!! I will post again soon about what I found out this trip. Trying […]

Some photos from around Living Hope on the Western Cape of South Africa