Hey everybody! Well, our first few days here we didn't have consistent free internet, but now we do so I'll try to post every few days. Here's a quick summary of our first week here.
June 1st
We landed safely in Cape Town that night after a great flight (Zoe slept most of the time and did wonderful which was an answer to prayer) and then headed to Casper's aunt's house on the beach.
June 2nd
A big group of Casper's family came over for a big celebration for Zoe since this was their first time meeting her. It was a blessed time!
June 3rd
We left Casper's aunt's house and went to his mom's house in Paarl. Nothing else major happened that day. Just some good time hanging out with family.
June 4th
We met up with Quinn, a girl from North Carolina who is leading IMPACT with us, to get some finishing touches done on planning for the program. We also met with Hein, a South African, who is serving as our advisor and mentor for the summer. A day full of meetings, phone calls, and planning!
June 5th
Early that morning we left for the airport to pick up Sam, from Miami, who is one of our coleaders this year for IMPACT. She was an intern that went through the program last year and had a desire to come back and serve this year. Again, we had several meetings that day to get things ready for IMPACT. Then, that night, we went to church with one of Casper's good friends, George Carstens, and got to serve with their campus ministry. We got the chance to share with them about our ministry and then talk with them about discipleship.
June 6th
This morning we all (Casper, Ashley, Quinn, Sam, and of course Zoe) went to Hein's house to have some time of reflection and focusing on the heart values that we wanted to instill in the interns during the program.
June 7th
Another big planning day!!!
June 8th
We got to pick up the first intern early this morning. Casper and I had to go to the department of home affairs to get Zoe's paperwork turned in for her to get dual citizenship. Then we met back up with everyone and more of Casper's family that we hadn't seen yet at one of our favorite restaurants called Gino's. They make amazing brick-oven pizza! Later that night me, Casper, and Quinn went over to a couple's house (Daniel and Kendra) for a nice home cooked meal. They are an American couple that moved here a few years ago to do ministry. That night we picked up another intern and then went to bed!
June 9th
Our group went together to a local church that morning and then went back over to Daniel and Kendra's to eat the leftovers from the night before. After spending time with them, we went back to Die Eiland (The Island), which is the campsite where we are staying for the program. It's in Stellenbosch. Late that night, two more interns were picked up.
June 10th
The big day! The rest of the interns arrived this day. In the morning, we picked up around 12 of them and the others trickled in throughout the day. We have a total of 24 interns from all over the states and all over the world!! Here are their names and where they are from, so please lift each of them up in prayer as much as possible!
Alicia - Texas
Ashley Green - North Carolina
Caleb - Ohio
Charles - Texas
Devyn - North Carolina
Emma - North Carolina
Eric - North Carolina
Haley - North Carolina
Holly - Indiana
Heba - Palestine (Bethlehem)
James - Georgia
Jennifer - Virginia
Jeremy - Idaho
Jonathan - Maryland
Kelsey - Iowa
Kevin - Texas
Laurie - Texas
Levi - Pennsylvania
Malina - Hong Kong
Matt - New Zealand
Maya - California
Shelby - New Mexico
Tori - Delaware
Wes Lee - South Africa
We did some team building activities with them in the afternoon to help them get to know each other better and then went to bed because they were all exhausted from their flights!
June 1st
We landed safely in Cape Town that night after a great flight (Zoe slept most of the time and did wonderful which was an answer to prayer) and then headed to Casper's aunt's house on the beach.
June 2nd
A big group of Casper's family came over for a big celebration for Zoe since this was their first time meeting her. It was a blessed time!
June 3rd
We left Casper's aunt's house and went to his mom's house in Paarl. Nothing else major happened that day. Just some good time hanging out with family.
June 4th
We met up with Quinn, a girl from North Carolina who is leading IMPACT with us, to get some finishing touches done on planning for the program. We also met with Hein, a South African, who is serving as our advisor and mentor for the summer. A day full of meetings, phone calls, and planning!
June 5th
Early that morning we left for the airport to pick up Sam, from Miami, who is one of our coleaders this year for IMPACT. She was an intern that went through the program last year and had a desire to come back and serve this year. Again, we had several meetings that day to get things ready for IMPACT. Then, that night, we went to church with one of Casper's good friends, George Carstens, and got to serve with their campus ministry. We got the chance to share with them about our ministry and then talk with them about discipleship.
June 6th
This morning we all (Casper, Ashley, Quinn, Sam, and of course Zoe) went to Hein's house to have some time of reflection and focusing on the heart values that we wanted to instill in the interns during the program.
June 7th
Another big planning day!!!
June 8th
We got to pick up the first intern early this morning. Casper and I had to go to the department of home affairs to get Zoe's paperwork turned in for her to get dual citizenship. Then we met back up with everyone and more of Casper's family that we hadn't seen yet at one of our favorite restaurants called Gino's. They make amazing brick-oven pizza! Later that night me, Casper, and Quinn went over to a couple's house (Daniel and Kendra) for a nice home cooked meal. They are an American couple that moved here a few years ago to do ministry. That night we picked up another intern and then went to bed!
June 9th
Our group went together to a local church that morning and then went back over to Daniel and Kendra's to eat the leftovers from the night before. After spending time with them, we went back to Die Eiland (The Island), which is the campsite where we are staying for the program. It's in Stellenbosch. Late that night, two more interns were picked up.
June 10th
The big day! The rest of the interns arrived this day. In the morning, we picked up around 12 of them and the others trickled in throughout the day. We have a total of 24 interns from all over the states and all over the world!! Here are their names and where they are from, so please lift each of them up in prayer as much as possible!
Alicia - Texas
Ashley Green - North Carolina
Caleb - Ohio
Charles - Texas
Devyn - North Carolina
Emma - North Carolina
Eric - North Carolina
Haley - North Carolina
Holly - Indiana
Heba - Palestine (Bethlehem)
James - Georgia
Jennifer - Virginia
Jeremy - Idaho
Jonathan - Maryland
Kelsey - Iowa
Kevin - Texas
Laurie - Texas
Levi - Pennsylvania
Malina - Hong Kong
Matt - New Zealand
Maya - California
Shelby - New Mexico
Tori - Delaware
Wes Lee - South Africa
We did some team building activities with them in the afternoon to help them get to know each other better and then went to bed because they were all exhausted from their flights!
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