South Africa Team » Rebecca Manion http://www.southafricateam.org Missions team from Maranatha Baptist Bible College Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:06:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 A ton of cookies http://www.southafricateam.org/2009/06/a-ton-of-cookies/ http://www.southafricateam.org/2009/06/a-ton-of-cookies/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:34:15 +0000 Maranatha http://www.southafricateam.org/?p=47 Mozambique-0142Dear Family, Friends, and Jon,
Hi!! I hope you are all doing really well. Guess what? Tomorrow I am running in a 5K! My goal is to run the whole thing. Today was a nice day of spending time with the Zak family. I helped bake a ton (I think literally) of cookies to take to Mozambique with us tomorrow. I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. It was fun.
The Lord has been teaching me lots about both myself and who He is. Some is discouraging (stuff about me) and some is encouraging (stuff about Him) but it is all good. Thank you for your prayers! Please keep praying for us, especially as we head into Mozambique. Miss you all!
Reb

]]> http://www.southafricateam.org/2009/06/a-ton-of-cookies/feed/ 1 Visiting an Orphanage http://www.southafricateam.org/2009/06/visiting-an-orphanage/ http://www.southafricateam.org/2009/06/visiting-an-orphanage/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:30:58 +0000 Maranatha http://www.southafricateam.org/?p=29 Dear Family, Friends, and Jon,

The last couple days have been so fun!!  Those of you who really know me will understand. Yesterday we visited a woman named Johanna who takes care of AIDS “babies” and elderly folks. In her home she had 11 “babies” which ranged in ages from 1 to 5 probably. We then went and visited the elderly folks who we gave suckers, which they loved! We also went to Bethesda, an orphanage in Pretoria. Last night we spent the night with Pastor Nicholas and his wife Steffane in Oppermann, a small village about 15 minutes outside of Pretoria. So many of the children we met in the village reminded me of our bus kids. They were so precious. Pastor Nicholas filled our minds with information about the South African culture as we sat around the campfire at night and bombarded him with questions. This morning we visited a government school and a day care and sang for them. I met a young woman named Marie at the daycare and it was so fun to connect when I shared with her that I had a similar job at home. If nothing else, we were able to connect through our love for our kids! Hope you are all well. Miss you!

Reb

]]> http://www.southafricateam.org/2009/06/visiting-an-orphanage/feed/ 0 We made it all the way to South Africa!! http://www.southafricateam.org/2009/06/we-made-it-all-the-way-to-south-africa/ http://www.southafricateam.org/2009/06/we-made-it-all-the-way-to-south-africa/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:04:27 +0000 Maranatha http://www.southafricateam.org/?p=13 Family, Friends, and Jon,

Can you believe it? We made it all the way to South Africa!! At some points in the trip, it really didn’t feel like we would ever get here! Traveling was long, but we had so many fun experiences-walking around Madrid, Hannah and I “getting separated from the group” (not lost) in Lisbon, and almost having to get vaccinated for yellow fever in Angola.

South Africa is beautiful and amazing. We went directly to the Zak’s church from the airport since we had some delays at the airport because of our lost luggage. The singing at the service by the African nationals was beautiful and all of us tried our best to sing or clap along. They were kind enough to translate the songs which they sang in different languages for us.

Today was more relaxing in the morning, since we were all exhausted from the days of travel earlier. We spent most of the day getting to know the Zak family a little better. I played with several of the kids throughout the day and most of the team played “Balderzak” – a Zak family original, I will have to teach you it, Joe.

The Zak family was in need of a car after a recent accident which left one of their cars was totaled. Today a woman called and offered them one of her cars, to borrow and eventually buy for a very reasonable price. That was a huge answer to prayer!

Please keep praying for our team! I miss you all and am looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks!

-Rebecca Manion

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