South Africa 19 - stuck in a moment

So....its been a while since I updated - I apologise!
Things have been soo busy - I have decided that as we are in our last few days (I leave SA on Sat afternoon and touch down in the UK early on Sunday) I will not try and squeeze anymore things onto my to-do list and cut further into the time we have...but will wait to update on the next few weeks till I am sat in front of my home computer and have the hours stretching before me in which I have no scheduled work, team time, events or socializing to be done.....

This may sound something akin to bliss for some of you reading this - but I can assure you that it's going to be incredibly tough to not have something to do/other team members to be thinking of when planning anything. So I feel I will be grateful for the distraction/reminisce about SA and all the things it entailed and that which the experience brought along with it.

Don't worry I have been keeping notes so as not to forget all those boring and insignificant(!) moments that I would otherwise forget!!

So, just a quick summary of where we are at the moment:
We have already said a fair few of our many sad farewells thus far and wait, with very mixed emotions, for the rest to come :'(

It feels completely surreal that it a weeks time I will be 6000 miles away from where I am currently typing this, time has flown so incredibly fast..to the point where I almost don't know how to process all that's happened.

This has been an absolute once-in-a-lifetime.....to be surrounded 24/7 by 6 other people who are not, by rights, my family but with whom I feel part of a family with and whom I have grown to love and care for.

To have known what it is like to work as part of a team in South Africa seeking to inspire and provide the local communities with the tools they need to change for the better.

To have come into contact with sooo many warm-hearted and open people from every nation and race who seek to build us up despite the fact that it is us who has come seeking, primarily, to serve them.

To be surrounded by people who have an awe-inspiring passion for the Lord - and all the wonders, blessings and challenges He has in store for them on their life's journey. Who seek Him earnestly in all that they do and commit themselves to building up others - no matter their faith, denomination or past.

This probably sounds incredibly 'gushy' - but it is the truth.....this time has changed me, moulded me, taught me more about who I am and made me think about where I want to end up in life.

It has been different, but better than anything that I could have dreamed of or imagined.

I hope you're looking forward to next week and hearing of my adventures of my last three weeks here in the beautiful South Africa!!

Peace out! x