Bafana, Bafana!

The United States is playing tonight at the World Cup verse England! The girl we have been serving with the past two weeks is from England. It will be so much fun to watch the game together as well as one of the missionaries from New Jersey, currently living in South Africa with her wonderful South African husband!

Even though we cannot make it to a game, it is amazing to experience the World Cup in South Africa. You can hear vuvuzelas everywhere- which are the horns. Needless to say the children do not like the sound of them; however, it never ceases to amuse the aunties to play them at the Door of Hope. The other day we heard so much chaos going on at the local mall. We decided to be adventurous and get out of the car to see what was going on. There were literally hundreds of people rounded up solely to blare their horns in support of the South African team. It was so neat. Everyone has so much joy and support for this team, even though they are ranked 83rd in the country. From a country with so much tension between all the different colors of people to this amazing support for their soccer team, it is a miracle that the World Cup is taking place in South Africa. The world cup is bringing the nation together; it is only soccer- but it doesn't matter because they are all still unifying in some way.

We watched the opening ceremony at the Door of Hope with all of the Aunties and the babies- never watched a competitive game with twelve babies! We laughed about our company. The day was so much fun. We all wore South African colors, and when they scored everyone went nuts at the Door of Hope! Also, it was two of the boys birthday celebration. It was an exciting day at the DOH.

I saw one of the children walk for the first time. It was so exciting! I have never experienced that before. It made my day. For some reason I felt as though he was going to walk that day and he did!

Today me and Annie watched a sermon by Loui Giglio about how we are fearfully and wonderfully made. It went into all of these details regarding both how big the universe is as well as how intricate God has designed our bodies- even to the cells. Sometimes I doubt my abilities- correction- I often doubt myself. However, I realize this is almost a slap in God's face. He has fearfully and wonderfully made all of us for a purpose. He has intricately created us from the beginning of time; doubting what we are called to do is selfish. It is almost like taking an extremely long time carefully planning the perfect gift for a certain person. After taking time planning every single detail, the person is unable to graciously accept the gift.

We are all created for a reason and a purpose. It is amazing just being able to walk around, see, smell, touch, taste, and hear. It is amazing to have life. We should wake up every day and embrace what we are given; it is all a gift. By no means am I saying I am perfect; I sadly forget this too easily.

I do miss home a lot randomly. I miss Caswell and seeing the beauty all around me, the amazing people, the kids, etc. I miss home a lot and all of my family and friends. I miss the summer. I miss good coffee. I miss being able to walk around freely after 6 pm. However, I love these babies and know I am here for a purpose. Thank you all for your support and prayers.

Well, me and Annie are off to our United States verse England world cup party!
Love you all