Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Update!

I have a bit longer today so I just want to give you a crash course of all that is going on:
1) The city: it's beautiful! Mountains and the ocean only 1 km away from each other. When we come home from campus everyday we come over the last mountain range and can see for miles out to sea. It's really awesome.
2) The univerity: it's very diverse and there are lots of Indian students which we did not expect. I've spent more time talking to Hindus than native Africans or whites. In fact there are very few whites at this campus- I've only talked to one. It is mostly a commuter campus for students from Durban so we hand out there basically all day and then leave in the late afternoon when the students go home.
3) Our team: we are having a blast together. We are pretty small (only 18 students) so people have gotten to know each other pretty well. There are only 7 guys and we've already bonded pretty tight as well all live in one room! Which leads to...
4) Accomodations: The place is fine but there are currently 11 of us sharing one shower every morning and like I said, seven guys in one large bedroom. We are fine with it now, just pray that we can maintain good attitudes and not get on each other's nerves. And most importantly...
5) Ministry: we have spent two whole day meeting students,getting to know them and sharing the gospel. Yesterday one student accepted Christ! We have had lots of other great conversation and have follow up appointments with about 20 students over the next two days. Please continue to pray for students to accept Christ and that he would raise up the Christians already on campus to be student leaders for Crusade and carry on whatever we can begin.
I must go now, but thank you for all your prayers- I get to watch them at work every day! Hope to update again soon!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hace! So glad to hear that y'all made it safely. It sounds like everything is going really well right now for you. That's great!

I can sympathize with your housing situation, as I am currently sitting in a hotel room that is sleeping 8 guys for the week. But that's just a week, not 6 of them...so I'll keep y'all in my prayers.

Things were pretty good in Athens before I left. We had about 15 people over to First St for a cookout Monday night. It was lots of fun. I left Tuesday morning to fly to Colorado. We have a couple days before we start playing, and a few free days after we play. So we have lots of time to hang out and see Colorado. It should be fun!

Welp, I guess that's it. Couple questions...

I am guessing that if you can post on your blog, then you can also check ESPN and email?

So is it better to email you?

Peace bro,

Pete

Hace said...

Ya. You can email me. I can check email anytime I can blog (2-3 times per week).