Delayed Blog!

Sorry guys for not blogging in a while! Things have been getting kind of crazy and fast paced.

But I'd like to share some cool stuff thats been happening. First, was church and evangelism.
I love walking throughout the villages and spreading the word and talking to all of the people.
They are all so kind to us and so receiving. I got to meet Gladys mom when we went out and I got to see where she slept and everything and it was just so crazy how they can fit so many people in such a small mud hut. It's crazy if you compare everything.
Another cool thing was just being at the school on the weekend and hanging out. Theres about 85 kids less and its just so care free compared to the kids dragging on your arms. I got to see and play and hold Naomi and Anna without having to be mobbed and dragged to the ground by all the other kids so it was very nice! It was also cool because when I was playing with naomi I always tell her I love her in swahili which is nakupenda, I have said it to her for the past three years and she always just says it back and laughs but on saturday she was just sitting on my lap and she said it and it was just such a good bonding time for me having her say it and not me initiating it. That was really cool.

The next day was sunday, and I love african churches, I love all the singing and dancing and its just so much fun praising God even if I don't know the language. I also got babtized along with about 12 others including 3 other people that are in my group. I've been wanting to get rebabtized for a a while now because I remember my senior year rebabtizing my brother and it was just so awesome and last year I wanted to get babtized but I didn't say anything. But this year I finally did it and it was amazing.
I have grown up in a christian family and have been to church and a christian school my entire life. Ever since I can remember I've been a christian, so the hardest thing about all of it is just trying to figure out how to make my faith my own and having a personal relationship. I've gone through a big transformation this past year and have learned so much and one of the things I've been wanting is that closeness to God, and I feel like being babtized on sunday was the final piece to my complete transformation into a woman of God, and being babtized in the holy spirit it was just an overwhelming great feeling.
I love Mtepeni, and can not waittt for my last 2 weeks here staying with Chris and Lisa.

But I have to wake up early for the safari, so lala salama everyone! I love you!