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STINT 2010

Durban, South Africa  Winter Issue

 June!!!It is winter here in Durban and believe it or not we have had

some pretty cold nights. The month of June has been action packed and

I’m really excited that I get to share with you all that has happened!

We started June with a camp for our students at UKZN. It was

the first time that the two campuses had ever come together and they

were all so excited. Our theme was the power of God and our heart was

to encourage students to seek God and open their hearts and minds to

just how amazing and huge He is! The verse for the camp was

Ephesians 1:18-19, “ I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be

enlightened that you may know the hope to which He called you…and

His incomparably great power for us who believe.” We had four maintalks stemmed from that verse and some seminars through out the

weekend . Thirty students attended the camp and I really feel that they

all left understanding more clearly that the God who created the

heavens and the earth loves deeply.

The most memorable part of the camp for me took place on the

last day. We had just divided up the students by campus to sit and share

with each other all that God had been teaching them. All of the

Howard campus students expressed their desire to step out in faith on

campus and tell people about Jesus. To top things off Kwanele

suggested that she and the others come together and form a committee

so that CRU@UKZN can continue when my team and I return to the

States. God had laid on their hearts the very thing that we as a team had

been praying for since January, that a group of students would be raised

up on Howard’s campus that have a heart to reach others for Christ!

Words cannot express how faithful God is!!

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Ukukhanya Kids Camp

Ukukhanya means “a light in the darkness” in zulu

Ukukhanya Life Care Center is just that. The center is in a town

called Ntuzuma where my team and I have been volunteering du

our stay here in South Africa. They house people with AIDS and T

well as a few orphans. Just this month the co-founders of the hos

Penny Dugan and Prince put together a camp for over 100 chilfrom Ntuzuma. From the pictures

here in the letter you can see how

 beautiful and precious all the kids

are! Most of them come from

homes where one or both of their 

  parents have been infected with

and or passed away from HIV/

AIDS. Many of them live with

their grandmothers, while

some live at the hospice or in

a home where they have

 practically become the head of the household.

A couple of weeks before the camp started the children

were tested for HIV and unfortunately there were a handful or so

tested positive. The younger ones sometimes get from their par

where the others have either been sexually abused or are alr

sexually active. Children from the age of 4 all the way to 16 atte

the camp. Our prayer for these kids is that they would see that love

hope are found in Jesus. He alone can restore their lives.

The three days of the camp were action packed consisting

morning service, art, sports, HIV/AIDS education and a free time.

even had a talent show one night so they could show case their sk

Seriously, all of them are naturally good dancers and they had a b

During the camp I had the opportunity of organizing the art for kid

now have a new appreciation for teachers because organizing ar

126 kids everyday is a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun. We m

flags, journals and kites and even had some time for face painting

think for these kids it was a

camp that they will remember 

for the rest of their lives. For 

three days they had the chanceto just be kids. One of my

favorite moments of the camp

was the day where the

children got to here about

Jesus and his great love for 

them. Those who wanted

were invited to come up to the

front and pray with some one. It was such blessing to pray for t

kids. Some of them wanted prayer for Jesus to come into their h

and others just wanted someone to pray for them.

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O n e g i r l n a m e d

Phiwe asked me to

  pray that God would

  be her Father. She

shared with me later 

that her father had

  passed away when

she was very smalland wanted God to

  be her father now. I

don’t think I’ll ever 

forget her or that

moment. Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and c

heavy burdens, and I will give you rest,” and he is so true to his w

Many burdens were lifted during that camp. Phiwe along with 10 other girls were in my cabin for the ca

These girls were so much fun! All they wanted to do was play and t

I even got to teach them some ballet. I learned so much from camp. I learned to be grateful for the little things and was reminded

how amazing children are. Even as I wrote this update looking at

 pictures made me miss the children so much! Please keep them in y

 prayers! I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Coming Soon!

Summer project comes this week! Twenty one students f

the U.S are coming to Durban for a month! We’re really excite

have them here serving the community alongside us and learning a

culture! There will be more coming your way as the events unf

July is going to be really busy, but that just means there is going to

so much to tell you!

Pray with me...-That the summer project would enjoy their time in Durban and real

experience the culture.

-That the Lord would reveal to us more ways to serve the communit

-That are team cars would work! They keep breaking down and it

makes things really difficult.

Until next time, God bless!

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