Well, the good news is I have survived my SECOND week of the spring semester. At times I feel like I was just at home yesterday for the holidays, but most days I feel like I never went home. Between making sure the girls eat to making sure they get rest and stay healthy to pushing them to fulfill their purpose for being here and becoming more like Christ, the days just seem to slip by. It makes for a very interesting concept of time. I wish I tell you all that happens in a week, but I think that would be just about the longest blog EVER…so maybe I should blog more I suppose.
Last week we spend most of our time finding our routine. We started the girls off in their ministries but as a leader I spent most of the week trying to figure out what needs to be done when, who needs to be where when and all that kind of stuff as well as reconnect with my ministry here in Jbay. It makes for a crazy but great week. I thought for this blog I would just fill you guys in on what a “typical” (what is that when you are a missionary??) schedule for one of our wonderful FYMers. So here it goes…
Monday: Team Discipleship in the morning taught by Amber and/or I. Lunch. Ministry at their Internship which includes Ithemba (Xhosa kids), Joshua Project (street kids), or the clinic. Street kid feeding at 6ish. Dinner. And the evening to do either One on One discipleship or prepare for the next day.
Tuesday: Student led devos early. Morning ministry which includes house visits, Seventh Heaven Children’s Home, Virginia’s Creche (pre-school), and St. Francis Bay Township. Lunch on the go. Afternoon Internship. Dinner. And preparations.
Wednesday: Looks a lot like Monday except some of the team heads to a prayer service at Ithemba after dinner.
Thursday: Exactly like Tuesday.
Friday: The students day off which a great day for Amber and I to catch up!!!:)
Saturday: Family ministry which means we, as a team, go and do ministry all together in the morning. Lunch. Intentional Ministry is in the afternoon which is four hours where the girls get to decide how they want to minister. It gives them the freedom to build into relationships that they form during the week. Saturday dinner and evening is “Family Night.” This is when we do something fun together as a team. It’s a great time!
Sunday: Church in the morning. Late lunch together as a team. Resting and preparation in the afternoons followed by evening Church. After we finish church we do a house meeting to get on the same page for the upcoming week.
If you haven’t noticed we have a pretty packed week! I am so proud of my team though. They are such hard workers and they are running with the ministries they are apart of. Jbay will be different because of their hard work. Please pray for rest and strength that they may run HARD from now until the end☺
