April 2010!

One post a month...not great but what can you do. Things have been really busy here the last month and believe it or not will only get more busy the next three. We leave for Manchester on Monday to work with a local church there, and then we are back in Harpenden for four days until we leave for South Africa for two months, but first let me tell you about what has been going on here.
We spent a week in Cardiff (in Wales). As a team we joined 4 other schools for a week of lectures and outreach there. The lectures focused on Evangelism and what that actually means. We learned about how evangelism isn't about saving people or even telling them about Jesus per se. It is just about loving people and genuinely caring about them and showing interest in their lives. It was a great week to just spend some time together and to really grow together as a group. There has been a lot of change in our group for the better, it has been really exiting to see.
In Cardiff we got the chance to do some soccer coaching in a park with local kids. This was really cool, the same group of kids came for three days straight and we really got to hang out and get to know them and share a bit about Jesus with them.
One of the days we ended up arranging a match with a group of guys from Botswana for the following day. Which was another cool opportunity that opened up.
As I mentioned before we leave for Manchester on Monday were we will be working with a Brazilian church doing various sport coaching in schools and local leisure centers as well as serving the church in anyway we can.
Then we're off to South Africa on the 14th of May. I'm getting really excited to finally be on outreach but there is definitely a lot that needs to get done before we go so it can be stressful at times. If you could just pray for our safety in Manchester and that everything goes smoothly during our time there that would be awesome.