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It's been a while since I've been online so I've got a lot to update and only a little time. Maybe I can elaborate on some of this more later, but here is a quick rundown of the weekend.
Friday was a "family day" and one of the most memorable days of the entire trip. We drive about 1.5 hours out of Duran, to an area called the midlands (basically the beginnings of the huge mountains that run parallel to the coast about two hours away from Durban. We spent a few hours doing a things called a canopy tour which consisted of riding 8 zip lines from the top of a mountain down into the bottom of the mountain next to it. It was one of the coolest things I've ever done. The longest ride was almost 200 yds long and a few rides were 25-35 yds above the tree tops.
Saturday we helped a local AIDS ministry put on a day camp for high schoolers from all around Durban to educate them about HIV and encourage them to love healthy lifestyles with Christ as their foundation. It was a very tiring, but rewarding day. That night we went over to Gary Price's house (he is on Crusade staff here full time) and cooked out with his family. Being in someone's home and eating a home-cooked meal made us all a bit homesick- 4 weeks of living in a hotel and eating out has officially gotten old. We hung out with his 5 sons, played ping pong and just relaxed for the night.
Sunday was the much anticipated day to preach at kwaDebeka. We were told that it was youth Sunday, but when we showed up we could tell it was not any different than normal and asked around only to find out youth Sunday is next week, we had been told wrong. Assuming the pastor had a message prepared we thought for a while we weren't preaching after all. But someone knew we had been misinformed, found out we had been preparing and asked the pastor right in the middle of the service if we could preach. He was incredible gracious and let us preach. Preaching there was really a cool experience and something I'll never forget. Using the translator was tough, but other than that it all went well. I spoke first and then Barrett followed me. He did a great job of tying it all together and the people there were very kind to thank us for bringing the message.
This week is our last in Durban. Today I'll be painting again- hopefully I can update again soon though.