For serious, it is hard to believe that our time in South Africa is coming to an end. We have so many crazy stories from our adventure, and God has been shaping our lives in amazing ways. We have been back at the centre for a week since Mozambique, and it has been so good to be with our kids again. We had quite a transition from Moz to life back at LCW with a few bumps along the way that delayed our return. After a draining two weeks in Mozambique working with different kids and learning to live in a different culture, we were less than ready to return to the demands of life at LCW. Thankfully, God provided a few extra rest days for us to refuel in the form of visiting friends, having a quiet home to crash in and finally catching up on some of the sleep we’ve missed. When it was time to return we still weren’t sure if we were ready, but we took a leap of faith and dove in praying that God would give us the strength to love the children at LCW with all of our hearts and be able to give them all the attention that they deserve. God provided in a huge way.
Our first week back at the centre has been great. The kids are finally back in school, so we have the luxury of being able to wake up at a decent hour and still have some quiet time to accomplish things without having 17 kids running around. We have gotten in the routine of running errands in the morning (trying to pick up all of the last minute supplies we want to buy for the centre) and try to make it home before the kids get back from school. We cherish the afternoons, where we are able to spend all of our energy playing with the kids. Although we feel exhausted at the end of each day, we’re still excited to get up the next morning and do it all over again. It’s crazy to think that after feeling so unprepared physically, emotionally and spiritually to return to LCW to finish out our time, that now we feel the most energized and excited for the centre and the things we are doing here.
This last week has been a huge blessing. Not only are we rockin’ at the centre, but since we returned from Mozambique we actually have friends in the Cape Town area! It has been so encouraging to have people stop by to see what we’ve been doing and meet our kids that we rave about. We have people to talk to and bounce ideas off and ask for guidance. We’ve been strongly reminded of the importance of community, and that interdependence on each other is key to serving God and His people. We also get to hang out with people outside the centre and do some pretty cool stuff. Like go wine tasting, have sleepovers and climb really big mountains J
I am not looking forward to Wednesday. I hate good-byes, and trying to say 20+ tearful ones all at once is not going to be fun. These kids have stolen our hearts. I wish we could bring them all back with us so that you could meet them and see their spunk for life, and that we would be able to watch them grow into the lives that God has planned out for them.
We will miss them. More than anyone can probably imagine. Heck, I already miss them and they are only in the next room.
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