“For I cannot help but speak of what I have seen and heard…”

ACTS 4:20

IT IS WAY TOO COLD HERE!

“Go
home
to
your
friends
and
tell
them
how
much
the

Lord
has
done
for
you,
and
how
he
has
had
mercy
on

you.”
Mark
5:19

After
4
flights,
chasing
planes
twice,
and
watching
my
plane
in
Chicago
pull

away
without
me
on
it,
I
have
finally
returned
to
the
States.
The
month

began
with
our
team
debriefing
as
we
reflected
on
all
God
had
done

throughout
the
year,
and
ended
with
me
visiting
my
old
community
group

Dan’s
Wedding
 12/18
at
UF.
It
is
very
surreal
to
be
back
in
the
states
eating
turkey
sandwiches
 Dan
is
getting
married!
Pray
for
him

and
Anna
as
they
begin
their
lives

and
Chick‐Fil‐A,
and
driving
on
the
right
side
of
the
road.
Sometimes
it
is

together!!!!!!


easy
for
me
to
forget
where
I
am
as
well
as
where
to
drive.



Before
leaving
we
spent
time
debriefing
a
few
hours
away
in
St.
Lucia.
St.

Lucia
is
known
for
its
hippopotamuses
and
crocodiles.
It
is
also
only
an
hour

away
from
a
game
park
where
we
woke
up
to
drive
around
each
morning.
It

was
all
a
very
relaxing
and
exciting
end
to
the
year;
one
morning
we
got

quite
the
fright
when
we
came
face
to
face
with
an
elephant.
It
was

awesome
to
take
time
to
see
all
of
the
prayers
that
were
answered

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(727)
851‐0797

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Me

throughout
our
year,
and
all
of
the
fruit
God
allowed
us
to
see
in
our
time
in

Durban.
We
also
spent
time
talking
about
how
to
readjust
to
the
states
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which
I
will
admit
was
much
more
difficult
and
overwhelming
than
I
had

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presumed.

God
taught
me
a
good
lesson
about
relying
on
Him
and

1

surrendering
even
when
I
think
I
can
do
it
on
my
own.

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After
Debrief,
Dan
left
to
return
to
the
States,
and
Barrett,
Julie,
Katie,
and
I

left
to
drive
through
Swaziland,
into
Kruger
National
Park,
and
out
into

Mozambique,
where
we
were
spending
a
few

days
doing
ministry
with
our
friend
Lauren,

who
lived
in
Durban
when
we
first
arrived.

Lauren
works
with
a
ministry
in
Mozambique

that
provides
education
and
re‐integration

assistance
to
street
children
in
Maputo.
Each

day
children
arrive
for
schooling
to
help
them
catch
up
so
they
may
re‐enter

public
education.
The
staff
also
tries
to
help
these
kids,

PRAY who
are
often
runaways,
see
the
necessity
of
returning

home
to
their
families
rather
than
living
on
the
streets.

UKZN
STUDENTS
 We
were
able
to
spend
a
few
days
with
them
playing

Pray
that
our
students
are
having
a
 with
the
children
and
helping
to
love
them
as
they

good
Holiday.
Pray
they
are
resting,
 moved
into
their
Holiday
break.
Most
of
them
spoke

and
finding
ways
to
experience
the

only
Portuguese
so
it
was
difficult
to
communicate.

Gospel
in
new
and
compelling
ways.

Pray
for
wisdom
as
our
leaders
seek
 However,
I
found
with
the
Spanish
I
knew
and
a
few

the
Lord
for
His
plans
for
how
to
reach
 games
of
charades
I
could
get
by.
I
even
taught
one
child

UKZN
the
first
two
weeks
and
 to
play
tic‐tac‐toe
with
me.
What
impacted
me
most
was

throughout
2011.
 when
I
watched
a
little
boy
across
the
table
put
all
our

Atlanta
Christmas
Conference
left‐overs
into
a
grocery
bag
and
tie
it
up.
My
heart

Pray
for
wisdom
as
all
the
Cru
staff

broke.
How
could
this
be
fair?
I
began
to
question
all
I

continues
to
plan
the
conference.
Pray
 had
learned.
God
spoke,
and
while
I
do
not
have
an

that
students
will
have
eyes
to
see
and
 answer
as
to
why
this
is
can
happen,
or
what
its
purpose

ears
to
hear
as
they
spend
a
week
 is,
I
know
one
thing:
God
is
good.
While
it
may
seem

focusing
on
what
God
has
for
them.

 wrong
to
me
for
him
to
live
this
way,
he
enjoys
it.
He
even
went
home
to
tell
a

Home
 friend
how
great
it
was
and
invited
him
to
come
to
the
streets
with
him.
It
is

easy
to
look
at
these
kids
and
feel
sorry
for
them,
but
one
of
the
workers
there

Pray
for
my
time
in
the
states.
Pray

that
in
the
busyness
I
will
continue
to
 explained
it
to
me
well.
He
said,
“I’ve
been
where
these
kids
live.
To
me
it

rely
on
the
Lord
and
His
grace,
finding
 doesn’t
seem
right.
But
they
enjoy
it.
It’s
like
they
camp
out
together
every

quality
time
daily
to
seek
His
presence.

 night
around
the
fire.
They
tell
stories
and
laugh,
and
take
care
of
each
other.
It

Pray
I
am
able
to
accomplish
 may
seem
wrong
that
they
live
this
way,
because
we
are
not
used
to
it.
But
if
we

everything
here
I
need
to,
and
stay
 say
that
having
a
good
life
is
measured
in
love,
then
these
kids
have
a
good
life.

focused
and
away
from
distractions.

I
 They
love
each
other,
and
they
are
family.
That
rocked
my
world!

am
nothing
without
Him!


New
Team
 Katie
and
I
were
also
able
to
spend
one
last
day

Begin
to
pray
now
for
unity
for
Erica,
 with
History
before
I
left.
History
is
a
2‐year‐old

Kate,
Lauren,
Anele,
Mdu,
and
myself.
 HIV+
boy,
from
Ukukhanya
who
stole
my
heart
as

Pray
for
all
of
us
as
we
continue
to
 I
played
with
him
this
year.
We
took
him
out
for

pray
for
wisdom
about
next
year
and
 an
exciting
day
at
the
mall.
He
picked
out
shoes

for
us
to
thrive
in
our
relationship
with
 he
liked,
and
we
dressed
him
up
in
red,
white,

the
Lord
this
month
and
next
year.
 and
blue
plaid
shorts
with
a
few
matching
T’s.
He
got
a
teddy
bear,
and
even

Ministry
Partner
Development
 tried
ice
cream
from
Mac
Donald’s
for
the
first
time.
I
had
no
idea
how

Pray
for
our
team
as
we
find
people
to
 messy
it
would
be
to
have
him
try
ice
cream.
I
assumed
he
would
shovel
it
in

join
us
through
prayer
and
finances
for
 because
that
is
what
I
do,
but
instead
he
could
not
figure

this
next
year.
Pray
that
I
am
diligent
 out
if
he
liked
it
or
not.
He
would
try
a
bite
and
spit
it
out,

to
set
up
appointments
and
that
God
 then
try
another
and
eat
it,
try
again
and
spit
and
repeat

would
provide
graciously
through
His
 the
cycle
all
over
again.
It
was
so
funny
to
watch.
It
was
fun

people.
Pray
for
my
financial
support
 to
take
him
out
from
the
hospice
and
enjoy
some
new

to
come
in
quickly,
and
for
it
to
be

experiences
with
him,
even
though
he
was
over‐stimulated

easy
to
get
in
touch
with
people.



 and
exhausted
when
we
returned
to
drop
him
off.


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Barrett’s
24
themed
birthday
party…



Since Being Home
I
would
hope
that
in
the
past
few
weeks
I
have
been
able
 seek
God
on
what
to
do.
They
began
to
plan
how
to

to
see
most
of
you.
I
have
really
enjoyed
catching
up
on
 reach
the
campus
in
the
registration
week
before
school

life,
and
hearing
about
 starts,
and
the
week
it
does.

everyone’s
year
and
sharing
 Not
only
did
the
students

about
my
own.
I
cannot
 meet,
but
they
even
sent
me

explain
how
grateful
I
am
for
 minutes
from
the
meeting!
I

each
and
every
on
of
you.
 am
blown
away
at
how
much

Thank
you
for
all
you
have
 they
have
grown
this
year
and

done
this
past
year
to
be
a
 how
blessed
I
am
to
be
able
to

part
of
the
story
God
is
 be
a
small
tool
God
is
using
in
it.
Our
students
are
the

writing
in
Durban.
I
pray
each
of
you
will
continue
to
be
a
 workers
we
have
been
praying
for
at
UKZN!
They
will
do

part
of
this
great
story,
because
I
do
believe
God
has
 the
harvesting
in
Durban,
even
long
after
we
are
gone.
It

done
and
will
continue
to
big
things
in
Durban.
This
year
 simply
amazes
me!!!

we
were
blessed
to
see
incredible
fruit
in
our
ministry.

We
ended
the
year
with
over
50
people
attending
 This
is
what
we
have
all
been
a
part
of!
The
story
God
is

meetings
on
both
of
our
campuses,
with
 writing
at
UKZN
is
an
exciting
one;
one
full
of
the

around
half
of
those
students
being
really
 Gospel,
God’s
grace,
mystery,
and

involved.
Our
students
truly
understand
the
 anticipation!
Thank
you
for
being
a
part
of

Gospel
and
desire
to
see
our
vision
come
to
 it,
and
for
helping
to
get
me
to
where
I

fruition.
They
really
do
desire
to
reach
every
 needed
to
be
to
serve
on
the
front
lines
in

student
in
every
place.


 this
story.



Since
I
have
been
home
the
leaders
in
 I
will
be
home
until
some
time
around
the

Cru@UKZN
have
proved
this.
They
arranged
a
meeting
 second
week
of
January,
and
then,
God
willing,
I
will
be

on
their
own
to
discuss
plans
for
the
first
few
weeks
of
 returning
to
Durban
for
another
year.
I
will
be
trying
to

next
year.
They
want
to
be
able
to
pray
together
over
 get
in
touch
with
each
of
you
to
talk
more
personally


 the
break,
and
to
pray
for
more
specific
wisdom
as
they
 about
our
years.
Please
feel
free
to
contact
me
as
well!


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