Friday and Saturday Feb 17 and 18

Friday – Talk about the Power of Prayer….today we had a prime example of that power. We had an assembly of the Estcourt Christian Academy and did our bible stories and a skit for them. We were then scheduled to head off to a new area not yet reached by Hearts of Compassion called Zwelisha. Apparently there is some strong ancestral worship that goes on there and several murders recently in this area. This is the area I felt was the key to all of the areas around Estcourt. If HOC could begin work here the word would spread quickly about the Lord. We’ve been traveling in two separate vehicles because there are so many of us and as the second vehicle was leaving the church compound the engine started racing. Eugene was able to figure out that the accelerator rod had bent below the pedal where it was welded to a hinge. He was able to keep his hand on the pedal and drive it back to the compound. All of us in the vehicle started praying and Eugene went to call Erlo to tell him what had happened to us. He went to the main church office and when he passed through he smelled a welder working on the property. This man came back with him and welded a support rod for us. It was fixed in 5 minutes. God overcame and we went on our way to Zwelisha where we had a great meeting with the new home based care workers in that area. Was this a coincidence? I don’t think it was. I think it was an answer to prayer. I think God was saying ‘if you are willing to go, I am willing to help you get there’. Later that night we went to the church’s youth gathering and had a blast with the kids as well as being able to pray with many of them.

Saturday – Today was a rest day. We were ready to roll at 5:45am and all went to Weenan Game Reserve where we saw lots of different buck and giraffe. We really wanted to see the black rhinos but could find any visible anywhere. We stopped at one of the picnic areas for a terrific breakfast that Auntie Shacks made for us.

We came back to town and rested before heading over to Shack’s and Tony’s house for the traditional brai (BBQ).