Beautiful beloved ones!
Ha how good is the Lord! I have been back here in South
Africa for about a month and a half and shish kabobs the faithfulness of Jesus
has been unbelievable!
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| Picking my sweet malawian up from her 30 hour bus ride back into my arms! |
Firstly returning to live with my dear housemates, catching
up, these grannies staying awake till 2am like a bunch of 16 year olds and then sleeping in
past our alarms the next Sunday morning…whooo took a bit long to recover the
next day than I remember!
Back to a wonderful church community, colleges, and…Christmas
decorations already up and ding a ling ing at our local grocery store called
Checkers! So eat a piece and pumpkin pie and say trick or treat…South Africa
has its eyes on the red and green prize and nothing is gunna get in the way!
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| My colleague Miryam and her little daughters first introduction to Christmas in October! |
Incredible things have been aligning in perfect timing at
S-cape Home. We have had 6 girls come pass through since being here this last month, all of this beginning within
the first week of our completed staff of housemothers signing their contracts!
Their hearts couldn’t be more tailored to the heart of Christ in this ministry. Three Beautiful colored South African women that all love to love and to laugh and share and chat
that you cant get an English word in edgewise?! As well a prayer that has been prayed for at least two years in regards to hiring a social worker has also been answered! New volunteers coming up with all sorts of crazy "gunrun" fundraisers with a million purple cupcakes to match the S cape color scheme...the list goes on...its been full and fantastic!
And then of course in the midst of all of all this, the reality of heartbreak is constantly with us as God is matching our hearts to his. The pain of what
these girls have endured always hits afresh with the hello and goodbye of each one. Indeed, please pray against HIV’s
death prognosis in a current resident. She needs your prayers to fight for her
very precious and worthwhile life. She is designed for greatness and since just before coming to stay with us was introduced to Jesus...when everything else is shutting down, her spirit is coming to life like never before. What a privilege to journey with her in these days. Have hope with us.
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| Two little Canadian boys supposedly sound asleep up in their 3 story rooms! |
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| Tsk Tsk trouble trouble in the back of this van with all these dear lovely ladies of mine! |
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| South African supper prepared and served by my friend, Pastor Thabo himself...I can get used to this being waited on! More Chicken please! |
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| Its whale watching season from up high! |
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| Raphs all time favorite thing..."look Auntie Charlene the train!!!" |
Its been the best thing ever having Mike and Marie-eve my
brother and Sister in Law and nephews moving out here to my end of the world…I
cant get enough of Marie eves infamous banana chocolate chip muffins and taking
my nephews on little adventures to the beach. How good is our Jesus! On top of
that my own mom and dad and cousin Lindsey will be venturing out here in
January…whoooo can you hear the beat of my African drum heart going wild!?! I’m
hoping they wont forget to pack my car?!
Alrighty then, ill leave you with the hope filled words we
are holding onto as a ministry and in my heart this sunny Muizenberg morning,
Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness;
when Israel sought for rest,
3 the Lord appeared to him[a] from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
“The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness;
when Israel sought for rest,
3 the Lord appeared to him[a] from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
Believe with me in a kingdom that’s not of
this world.
Love Charlene
PS: If you get a chance, youtube
Hillsong’s, song, Oceans…perfect love cast out all fear…lets go fishing shall
we…you know…cast..and stuff…haaa Im going to retire for the night I’d say!
