Testimony to God's goodness

I have moved into a new stage in my time here. All the students and quite a few of the staff have left to go on outreach. It is almost unbearably quiet. I have gotten so used to the business of the Cpx time that I almost don’t know what to do with myself now. Crazy isn’t it.
The greatest thing is to watch what God is doing in me now. It is almost like He is saying, "okay, now you have learned all this stuff and I have brought all this stuff out of you I want to see how serious you are about it." It is scary, and exciting at the same time (yet probably more on the scary side). The unknowns of what I am doing and who is going to be there when I need a friend feels so overwhelming at times. But I am here to say that the testimonies that come out of this time by far outweigh any fear that I am feeling.
I went out today with one of my dear sisters in the Lord and being girls we talked solid for probably three hours! Amazing I know. The talk was exactly what I needed and I had so many of my questions answered. Thankfully it was the same for her as well. However, as precious as that time was, and I am looking forward to more to come, the best part of our day was the last hour of it. We were at Boulders Beach looking at the penguins and the bay and as we were leaving I stopped to look at some pictures on the side. The guy had noticed us when we first arrived so now he was even more eager to sell us something. The amazing thing turned out to be that he talked more about completely random things than actually trying to sell us his pictures. Most of the time that would annoy me and I would be rude and walk away. But something was drawing us to stay. And we went away feeling really encouraged as we watched God work in this man’s heart. We had just been questioning how God was going to be able to transform the world and He was quick to answer. This man was so honest about almost everything. How He felt about church, Jesus, Africa, leaders, smoking, music and probably anything else we would have asked him. We saw bitterness and we were able to plant love, we saw low self esteem and we were able to encourage. For myself it really felt like we came away after planting a seed. I have never come away from a conversation on the street feeling like that! I am so encouraged to physically see how God is touching hearts and they are the hearts that I pass by everyday. Just imagine if I take that time everyday and talk to someone like that how many seeds will be planted. And before we know it Jesus’ Name will be proclaimed in every corner of every nation!!!