sorry

i have not been doing a good job of updating this thing. i know how frustrating it is to check a blog routinely and be rewarded with no new posts, and i sincerely apologize to anybody who has had that experience here. i will work on doing better, but right now we don't have internet at home for the rest of the month, so updates will only come as i can get to the coffee shop. anyway, things have been moving along quite nicely. the team from Cornerstone left on the 11th and we had a good time with them (although working with teams isn't my area, so i wasn't with them that much). this past week has been filled with meetings with pastors who were very supportive of what we are trying to do and i even had a few people share their concerns, which is sort of rare because we have found that South Africans are more likely to let things go rather than stand up and say something isn't right. yesterday, i met with the district youth leader and that was an incredible time. Penny is a real go-getter and she and i already have a meeting planned with many youth leaders in the district, so i'm looking forward to that. and then, on Friday, i'm driving down to Dundee (which is about 5 hours south) with the team of educators that is here right now from Central Wesleyan. I will be meeting with the regional youth director and the team will be doing home visits to homes that are led by the children because the parents have died. i am anticipating this being a great day, but a long and tiring one too. i will be driving around 10 hours and we will be leaving here around 5 am. please pray for safety and God's blessing on this journey and the meetings and visits that will be taking place. i don't know when the next update will be because of the internet situation, but i will do my best to keep this updated as often as possible. thanks for those who keep reading in spite of my lack of posts. thanks for your prayers and your encouraging comments.