Quick story...
I just got done watching a movie on my laptop and I am going to bed. I am almost asleep when I hear a big "BANG!!!" It was really loud, very similar to a gunshot. My first reaction was "wow, that sucks" (whatever it was) and to go back to bed. Then I got up and went outside to investigate. I walked to my neighbors who had their lights on and were in their kitchen. He was giggling like a little school girl. I knocked on the window and was trying to figure out what happened...
Apparently, his neighbor made him really mad so he decided that it was a good idea, as revenge, to light an M80 firecracker, in a bottle, on their front yard. The moral of the story is 2 things: 1) This proves, some people are crazy and 2) you just don't want to piss off certain people... especially if they are your neighbors. Oh and one more thing, Africa is crazy. Kinda Funny... but messed up!
The good thing about this whole thing is that he invited me over for a Braai (apparently, i was wrong on how to spell it!) on monday. Anyways, much love from South Africa. Hope everyone is good. Merry Late Christmas and Early Happy New Year!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Merry Christmas My Brew!
Well, it has been a while since I last got on and wrote. In all honesty, not much has happened in the last couple of weeks yet a ton has happened.. the "not much part is basically because the main ministry stuff that we have been doing has been shut down for the holidays. we are basically doing whatever ministry comes our way along with the church... and "the ton" has happened in the past couple of days. God works in crazy ways and I will never understand it but one thing is for certain, God has a sense of humor to everything he does! I cannot help but sit back and laugh about what is happening. It isn't a haha laughing matter. It is more of a haha, what is going on matter! So without much further ado...
I was nominated to be youth pastor at the church that I am helping out at. I was going to nominate myself but Sam beat me to the punch. Well, anyways, the first thing on the agenda was to set up a christmas pageant and also help set up a "Bri" (meaning the first part of Brian, {Bri} my mom didn't know how to say it so if you don't know how to say it, there ya go!) for the entire church. Well, it happened randomly that my mom, in a package, sent a christmas package that included one of the family traditions that we have had since I can remember. It was a book called "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." Basically, it is a play about a play but these kids in the play are the worst kids in the history of the world. They can't get anything right, they continually fight with each other and everyone around them. However, when the play comes around, they make everything the best it could possibly be. Well in comparison with the play, the kids that I was working with, weren't the worst kids in the history of the world but did basically all have some form of ADD. They did their best but we, like the book, never got through one of the rehearsals, we didn't have a script, and yet they pulled through and made the pageant unbelievable. I was sitting in the back row of the church/school auditorium praying that they would remember everything and that it wouldn't be too bad. It was unreal! It was incredible! I was amazed at how well they did. It is a very funny script and they had the audience laughing from the first line. It was awesome to sit back and watch, enjoy, and realize the true purpose of christmas. God pulls through in the craziest situations.
As for the "Bri," it was awesome! We were able to cook a ton of meat including chicken, beef, fish, and "boerevoors" (a circular sausage). I was able to teach them how to play baseball/softball. It was quite hilarious when they would swing wildly over their head, miss easy catches, or run to third base instead of... well you know. Then on top of that, the fellowship was incredible. These people are so family oriented and love being around each other. They definitely know how to cook.. I should probably be paying more attention to that! Well, what I didn't know what that the place where we were having the "Bri" is right next to a game reserve. We got to go on a mini-safari and I was able to see a HUGE Rhino, four giraffes, springboks (the rugby national team mascot... like a mini impala), impala, bigger deer that i don't know the name, and also about 8 ostriches! It was incredible to see them in their actual natural habitat! I was about 30 yards away from the giraffes and about 25 yards away from a rhino with a horn that was about 3 feet long! WOW!
Next on the agenda, soccer. As far as soccer goes, nothing that we thought could happen, will happen. Things have been pretty tough on the soccer side of things. We train really well and are playing as well as we can play without a team to actually play with. Every seeming opportunity has been been opened only to be shut. It is very frustrating and what makes it worse is the timing of everything. The window to get signed is slowly but surely coming to a close. There is only about a month left. With that being said along with the addition of it being christmas time and a new year right around the corner, Brandon decided it was best to go home. He has been incredible. God has used him in ways that only God will know. But, in my opinion, we made a great team and I must apologize for my inability to keep the place cleaner and I must thank him for his patience with me. So Brandon, Thank you for coming with me and being an awesome roommate. You have helped to make this a memory that I will never forget!
What's next? Well, Morgan Cathey, My college goalie, is currently playing for a team down in Cape Town called Ajax Cape Town. He said that he would be able to get a trial with the team and stay with him during the time that I will be there. Please be praying for me as I go on this final soccer adventure! I would really like to play but only if it is in God's Will. If not, I have many opportunities here in Polokwane that I will be able to follow up on. Such as many opportunities in coaching and teaching the schools in Polokwane.
Please be praying for me that God show me where He wants me to go!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years! I love and miss you all! Hope that you dive deep in the Love that God gives!
I was nominated to be youth pastor at the church that I am helping out at. I was going to nominate myself but Sam beat me to the punch. Well, anyways, the first thing on the agenda was to set up a christmas pageant and also help set up a "Bri" (meaning the first part of Brian, {Bri} my mom didn't know how to say it so if you don't know how to say it, there ya go!) for the entire church. Well, it happened randomly that my mom, in a package, sent a christmas package that included one of the family traditions that we have had since I can remember. It was a book called "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." Basically, it is a play about a play but these kids in the play are the worst kids in the history of the world. They can't get anything right, they continually fight with each other and everyone around them. However, when the play comes around, they make everything the best it could possibly be. Well in comparison with the play, the kids that I was working with, weren't the worst kids in the history of the world but did basically all have some form of ADD. They did their best but we, like the book, never got through one of the rehearsals, we didn't have a script, and yet they pulled through and made the pageant unbelievable. I was sitting in the back row of the church/school auditorium praying that they would remember everything and that it wouldn't be too bad. It was unreal! It was incredible! I was amazed at how well they did. It is a very funny script and they had the audience laughing from the first line. It was awesome to sit back and watch, enjoy, and realize the true purpose of christmas. God pulls through in the craziest situations.
As for the "Bri," it was awesome! We were able to cook a ton of meat including chicken, beef, fish, and "boerevoors" (a circular sausage). I was able to teach them how to play baseball/softball. It was quite hilarious when they would swing wildly over their head, miss easy catches, or run to third base instead of... well you know. Then on top of that, the fellowship was incredible. These people are so family oriented and love being around each other. They definitely know how to cook.. I should probably be paying more attention to that! Well, what I didn't know what that the place where we were having the "Bri" is right next to a game reserve. We got to go on a mini-safari and I was able to see a HUGE Rhino, four giraffes, springboks (the rugby national team mascot... like a mini impala), impala, bigger deer that i don't know the name, and also about 8 ostriches! It was incredible to see them in their actual natural habitat! I was about 30 yards away from the giraffes and about 25 yards away from a rhino with a horn that was about 3 feet long! WOW!
Next on the agenda, soccer. As far as soccer goes, nothing that we thought could happen, will happen. Things have been pretty tough on the soccer side of things. We train really well and are playing as well as we can play without a team to actually play with. Every seeming opportunity has been been opened only to be shut. It is very frustrating and what makes it worse is the timing of everything. The window to get signed is slowly but surely coming to a close. There is only about a month left. With that being said along with the addition of it being christmas time and a new year right around the corner, Brandon decided it was best to go home. He has been incredible. God has used him in ways that only God will know. But, in my opinion, we made a great team and I must apologize for my inability to keep the place cleaner and I must thank him for his patience with me. So Brandon, Thank you for coming with me and being an awesome roommate. You have helped to make this a memory that I will never forget!
What's next? Well, Morgan Cathey, My college goalie, is currently playing for a team down in Cape Town called Ajax Cape Town. He said that he would be able to get a trial with the team and stay with him during the time that I will be there. Please be praying for me as I go on this final soccer adventure! I would really like to play but only if it is in God's Will. If not, I have many opportunities here in Polokwane that I will be able to follow up on. Such as many opportunities in coaching and teaching the schools in Polokwane.
Please be praying for me that God show me where He wants me to go!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years! I love and miss you all! Hope that you dive deep in the Love that God gives!
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