Good morning, South Africa! We are here at the team house getting ready to start our first day of work. Yesterday was a full day though. We first went to Fish Hoek Baptist Church and worshipped with John Thomas' congregation. John preached on the meaning of true worship- how it's not just 20-30 minutes of singing songs on a Sunday morning, and we followed his sermon with an amazing time of worship that ended with the congregation singing all 4 verses of Holy, Holy, Holy a capella. It was a beautiful, and spirit-filled time. Following this service, we 30 piled back into the Combis (vans) and went to part of a church service at Masiphumelele baptist church. I say part, because they were going long before we got there and would continue to worship long after we left. At King of Kings John preached on the meaning of true worship- at Masi, we experienced it! Members of the congregation would spontaneously break out in song and everyone else would follow in strong 4-part harmony. Though we could not understand the words they spoke (their service is in Xhosa) we could not deny that the holy spirit was working in that place, we understood their praises were to the Lord Almighty.
The rest of the afternoon was spent marveling at God's creation at Cape Point (too windy for Table Mou
ntain). Every scene out our windows was something like you'd see in a postcard. But here's yours truly with the Indian Ocean in the background:
ntain). Every scene out our windows was something like you'd see in a postcard. But here's yours truly with the Indian Ocean in the background:And for posterity's sake, a few shots of us at the airport 
in Johannesburg! More pics and posts from other team members are coming!
in Johannesburg! More pics and posts from other team members are coming!
