“Terrance, you’re the reason George Bush doesn’t like Black people!”

-Quote from Chenai to Terrance because he was acting crazy… I’m telling y’all, that girl is a trip! LOL

 

Today was WONDERFUL!  Terrance and I woke up early to go to His People for church, which is a 15 minute walk away, near campus.  (Did I mention our dorms are basically off-campus?  It’s ok though, there are shuttles all the time and it’s walking distance.)  So anyway, we walked to church and saw a bunch of the SOLmates, because most of them go there, and Tawanda plays the drums in the band!  The service touched my heart in such a special way because I just kept thanking God for the opportunity to be here experiencing all of the beauty of Cape Town.  The sermon was on Philippians 4, about having faith in the midst of adversity because God will lead you through and give you a peace in your heart that transcends all human understanding.  That peace is exactly what I am looking for here in South Africa, so that sermon really spoke to me.  Plus it was great because they sang a lot of the same songs that the Georgetown gospel choir sings.  As a matter of fact, when we walked in they were singing that song “Lord you are good and your mercy endureth forever…” and when they got to the part “people of every nation and tongue, from generation to generation,” I really realized I was in South Africa, just because of the “every nation” part.  Just to hear a South African choir singing those same words that we do in DC, I realized that we have so much in common all across the world, because we are all overcoming challenges and trusting God through it all.  Terrance loved the service too, so we will definitely be members for these next four months.  After church, Tawanda introduced us to a bunch of his friends and then told us about a good chicken place down the street, so we went there and met up with Chenai.  It was so funny because when she walked in I was like “Hey boo!” just like I would at any other time, but she said she felt so awkward like everyone was looking at her like, who are these people you’re hanging out with??  So now she’s always like “hey boo!” to me cuz it’s so funny to her.  Guess they don’t say that in South Africa!  LOL J  Then we met Chenai’s flatmates (roommates in South Africanese, lol) and they were really cool.  So it was a great day!  I’m already excited for next week’s service.