I don't honestly have much to report to you. I wish I had a huge praise report to share and encouraging stories of people overcoming. But not anything so exciting yet. To be honest, it has been somewhat of a rough patch for me this past month.
God is moving me into a new season so I am just trying to figure out what that is. This past month has been a lot of orientation for those wanting to serve long term with All Nations. I am praying hard about making a 3 year commitment to work with All Nations here in Cape Town and then maybe farther up north in Africa one day. So, please be praying about that with me. That God will reveal to me if He wants me to commit and if so what He wants me to do.
With that in mind I have been exploring the different passions that God has been putting on my heart and figuring out how to put them all together. I have fallen in love so much with working with the kids and youth in Red Hill, and then I have really loved exploring the Safe House and human trafficking options. I have to ask how you combine all of these? God is revealing it to me slowly and it is a real test of my faith. Being here for 7 months now and the need to know what I would do if I came back next year I am desperate for answers.
Out of this state with so much on my mind I haven't been able to do to much ministry but God does keep me strong. He knows what I need and I know that it is my work to push through the hard times. Even though I am distracted, everytime I take the first step to go up to Red Hill all it takes is the first few moments of seeing my friends and I forget all else. I enjoy so much talking to them, hearing their stories, and playing with the kids that almost anything could hit me and it wouldn't effect me. Strange I know but it is through those times that God is revealing to me what I am doing next.
It is an adventure. One that you don't know where it ends because of all the twists and turns but one you don't want to turn back from. The next turn is scary not knowing where it leads or what it holds but something inside you needs to know so you keep pushing on. I don't know about anyone else but that is the way my life feels.
Showing posts with label Safe House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Safe House. Show all posts
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
The Passion for a Safe House
So, let me tell you what has been brewing on my heart these past few months. Besides the fact that I have become a regular celebrity in Red Hill. I have been working with the kids steadily now for about two months so now everyday that I drive up there are always around a dozen kids that will yell my name and surround my car. Yes, it makes me feel loved !
But, that is not what I will focus on now ;) The passion that God has been growing in my heart is for the broken, abused women and children. The ones that have been taken from their families through lies and false hopes and put in a lost place of violence and abuse. The ones also that are with their families but are looking for a place of safety, love and joy to escape to. These are the ones that have been growing in my heart in a bigger and bigger scale. The two main things that have really escalated my heart for this people group is:
With the 2010 World Cup of soccer coming to South Africa the amount of women and children being trafficked into South Africa has skyrocketed. What will happen after this is over? Where will they go? Who will take care of them when their families don’t take them back?
There is a large number of domestic violence in all countries but in the townships I have found very few houses not touched by it. With so few people being able to afford the bride price most just live together which gives the men very little incentive to treat the wife or the children fairly.
These are the helpless ones, the orphans, that God has put so heavily on my heart. These are the ones that I want to reach out to and help. So, what I have been praying into is starting a safe house for abused women and their children in this area of Cape Town. To provide a place for them to be discipled, trained and be able to go out and live in the communities and disciple others like them. It will of course take time but I have already met people who have given me huge tips in starting one and people who want to team with me and start one. I would so much appreciate all your prayers for me and for this project. God will have to provide everything for it. From the funding, to the cooperation of the government, NGO’s and communities, to the volunteers and staff to make it happen. So, please share with me if you would like to be involved with it as well and see with me where God takes this vision from here.
But, that is not what I will focus on now ;) The passion that God has been growing in my heart is for the broken, abused women and children. The ones that have been taken from their families through lies and false hopes and put in a lost place of violence and abuse. The ones also that are with their families but are looking for a place of safety, love and joy to escape to. These are the ones that have been growing in my heart in a bigger and bigger scale. The two main things that have really escalated my heart for this people group is:
With the 2010 World Cup of soccer coming to South Africa the amount of women and children being trafficked into South Africa has skyrocketed. What will happen after this is over? Where will they go? Who will take care of them when their families don’t take them back?
There is a large number of domestic violence in all countries but in the townships I have found very few houses not touched by it. With so few people being able to afford the bride price most just live together which gives the men very little incentive to treat the wife or the children fairly.
These are the helpless ones, the orphans, that God has put so heavily on my heart. These are the ones that I want to reach out to and help. So, what I have been praying into is starting a safe house for abused women and their children in this area of Cape Town. To provide a place for them to be discipled, trained and be able to go out and live in the communities and disciple others like them. It will of course take time but I have already met people who have given me huge tips in starting one and people who want to team with me and start one. I would so much appreciate all your prayers for me and for this project. God will have to provide everything for it. From the funding, to the cooperation of the government, NGO’s and communities, to the volunteers and staff to make it happen. So, please share with me if you would like to be involved with it as well and see with me where God takes this vision from here.
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