SA in it's last days

So outreach is officially over.

We finished up our last two weeks in Tulbagh South Africa. During these two weeks our whole ministry was planned out for us which was quite helpful. We worked with an orphanage which I was able to give some financial support to as they have 150 orphans but no government support and they rely fully on donations and God. We also did lots of devotions in different companies through out town and we worked with two local schools. I really enjoyed this time because it was a lot less stressful and busy and it was a nice way to wind down outreach. The people there were so kind and definitely had that whole hospitality thing down. Two families invited all 22 of us into their home and cooked dinner for us the last two days and many families donated boxes of fruits and vegetables because we openly told the church community that we had no money and very little food. For three days we had the equivalent of 12 U.S. dollars to feed all 22 of us breakfast lunch and dinner and we survived on their blessings basically. We were warmly welcomed back onto the base and today was our first day of debriefing and I really like our speaker because he is keeping us all focused on these last few days and the lessons we still need to learn and not about our plane rides or our next step after DTS as he said it "it is not over and these are the last and maybe most crucial days". We had homework today to write down how our ideas about several different things that have changed because of DTS he wants us all to go home not just thinking simply "it changed me" but he is breaking it down into smaller parts so that we can analyze exactly all the ways we were stretched and changed. It looks like I will be coming home a day earlier than I thought which is a real bummer because I miss my graduation but thats the way standby works! So I hopefully will be at the San Francisco airport between 1-2 in the afternoon on Friday the 22nd. So you are more than welcome to come say hello or to call me later that day and figure out a time to meet up. Please be praying for my flight to go smoothly and for my departure to not be to emotional because I do feel like Im leaving family. LOVE