Mission Trip To Manzibomvu In Zululand

Several weeks ago i had the opportunity to go

on a Mission trip to manzibomvu in Zululand.

It was an awesome week of ministry, camping,

and even some relaxation on the beach. I

enjoyed it so much I hope God calls me back

to work in a rural setting like this someday.

Enjoy the pics.

Scenery on the trip to Zululand

More beautiful scenery

Setting Up Camp

Our group that went to share with the schools

every morning.

Sharing with the High School

Holiday Bible Club with the kids in the late

afternoon.

Kids at Holiday Bible club.

The packed out school room for the Jesus Film

presentation one evening.

In the afternoons we did some work around

the church property. This is a hole for a new

septic tank we put in.

Trent & I installing the new toilets.

On our day off we went to the beach for several

hours to relax and swim in the Indian Ocean.

Can't beat chilin with good friends at the

beach.

Weekend In The Magaliesburg Mountains

Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to go

hiking and camping with Trent, Nick, Gareth,

Rach, & Amber in the Magaliesburg mountains.

It was a lot of fun and great time of fellowship

with Friends. The scenery was spectacular!

Traveling to the mountains in the bakie!

Hiking through the gorge!

Taking a short little break to rest & take some

pics.

Campsite

Sunset

The Men

The Ladies

Group picture with the gorge in the background

Mandela House & Hector Peterson Museum

In early January Rachel, Amber, & I went and

visited the Mandela House and Hector Peterson

Museum in Orlando West, Soweto. We had a

fun day and learned some interesting stuff. Here

are some pictures from the day.

Mandela House

8115 Orland West Soweto where Mandela

used to live

Restoration of The Mandela

House

Mandela's Favorite Chair!!

Thought this was cool so I had to

take a picture and include it in the

blog.

The Indicator

Hector Peterson Museum

Hector being carried by a young man

MK Camp 2009/2010

So December 28th through January 2nd of

this year I had the privilege to help out

with MK camp here in South Africa. It was

an exciting week of just hanging out with

MK's all week. It was a great week of worship,

bible study, recreation, crafts, and fellowship. Many

mk's made some very important decisions during

the week. Please continue to pray for them

to grow in there relationship with God this

year. Also pray that some how there will be

an MK camp at the end of this year again. At this

point it does not look like finances will allow it.

It is such an important and exciting time of the

year for these mk's! It can me life changing!

So keep these mk's and mk camp in your prayers.

Kilimanjaro the Highest Peak in Africa

This past Dec I had a once in a

lifetime opportunity to climb

mountain Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Here are some pictures of the

successful climb up Africa's highest

peak.

At the top of Kilimanjaro!

Group picture at the top of Africa!

Less than 100m from the top!

Sunrise from the top of Africa!!

Sunrise on the morning we reached the summit!

So close yet so far from the peak.

Looking down at the rainforest.

Hiking through the rainforest in

our rain gear.

Machame Gate where we began

our accent up Kilimanjaro!

On our way to base camp to begin the climb

we stopped to get a picture of what we were

about to climb.

Hiking the Magaliesburg Mountains

So this past Friday I took a day off to relax &

go hiking in the Magaliesburg mountains with

some friends. It was a awesome day of fun

with some amazing friends. Or as my friend

amber would say it was a "lovely day."

However you want to describe it, a good time

was had by all. Here are some pictures

of the beautiful scenery and fun that we had.

God's creation sure is spectacular. Hope you

enjoy it.

Spectacular view. You had to be there though

as the picture just doesn't do it justice.

Long way down but boy its a spectacular view!

Looking down into the gorge. I

almost ended up down there mom.

Close call. What's a little danger

right!! Not really mom but it was

a long ways down.

Amber & Trent enjoying the view.

Amber at the top of a rock

overlooking the gorge.

Me on top of a boulder overlooking

the beautiful landscape.

Amber & I posing for picture on

one of the many different rocks

that we climbed up and around

throughout the day.

Water at the bottom of the gorge

that we waded through. It was cold

but refreshing.

Trent and I enjoying the nice cold

water.

Relaxing in my hammock after lunch.

Trent & I diving in the pool after a nice long

hike. It felt so good.