The Month Of November

This month was INSANE!  So much stuff that I think made the time fly by! 

Oh, sorry guys…Hello.  How are all of you?  November is over and it’s time for an update from the other side of the world

 

1. All the kids in the house have finished their school year.  They now have their summer break which is a month and a half.  They’re all obviously excited about that.  Phumlani and Xolelwa were able to do well enough in their classes that they passed this year.  We were a little worried for a bit thinking that they might not have done well enough.  Thank the Lord they did though! 
2. The child sponsorship program went really well.  I was even able to do it without Mama there.  I’m still not quite sure how it happened but I think Mama forgot what day and week we were scheduled to do it so she made other plans.  Brooke and I manned the fort though.  Surprisingly we were able to establish some order which doesn’t always happen and got things done almost in record time. 
3. Some of you may have read on my blog that we have been trying to arrange for Phumlani to come to the States with me just before Christmas.  We went to
   Cape Town on the 21^st-28^th of November to try and get him a visa.  Every person entering the State’s has to have a visa now.  We actually went to the consulate 3 different times trying to get him one but they turned us down each time.  They haven’t denied his application yet but they have told us that they need to have more information before they can approve it.  We’re trying to get the information that they need and I will be sending it to them soon and hopefully they’ll be able to give us one afterwards.  We’ll have to wait and see now.
4. While we were in
   Cape Town we got to drive around and see some stuff.  One of the days we went to the beach for a few hours and I got fried.  I’ve never been so burnt in my entire life.  Ha.  My whole body was hurting.  All the pain is gone now but the peeling hasn’t quite finished yet. 
5. Today I had to say goodbye to one of the kids here.  Her name is Bongeka.  She just finished the school year and is now heading off to see some of her cousins for a month or so.  I will be leaving before she comes back though so I had to say goodbye to her.  It was really hard.  I picked her up and gave her a big hug and told her I love her and that I’m going to miss her.  I almost started crying when I was driving off knowing that I might never see her again and I thought she would be the easiest one to say goodbye to.  I think I might be in a bit of trouble in a couple weeks. 

 

Reading over that now it doesn’t sound like too much but it really was.  For a while I was pretty stressed out about getting everything arranged for Phumlani to try and come to the State’s but now I know it’s not in my hands anymore.  It’s totally up to God now, which is the way it’s supposed to be.

Many of you read in my email last month that I decided to come home in December for good.  I will be leaving
South Africa on the 20^th and arriving in
Kansas on the 21^st.  I’m really looking forward to coming home and seeing everyone but like I said above, I’m going to have such a hard time to say goodbye.  I hate goodbyes so much especially with this one because there’s no way to know if I’ll ever see them again.  That breaks my heart.

But like I was saying, I am coming home and I need to ask you all a favor.  I have arranged an opportunity with a guy who might be able to give me a part-time job down on the plaza but I need a full-time job during the day throughout the week.  That’s where, hopefully, you guys come in.  If any of you could help me out with finding a FT job, I would really appreciate that.  I don’t really have something specific in mind so I’m open to almost anything.  I know there are some people on this list that have a strong hand in their business or where you work so I am asking for your help.  If any of you are able to come up with something please let me know.   Thanks guys!

Well, I am going to be on my way back to the State’s in 19 days so I hope I’m able to see you all sometime soon after I return.  Please be praying for the last 2 ½ weeks that I have here and that God doesn’t waist one minute. 

I love you all and am praying for you and your families.  You are all so dear to my heart and I always will be because of what you’ve done for me. 

 

Daniel