Day Three...I NEVER want to leave!!

Today the team went back to the work site, but I, finally, got to do what I REALLY came for...to train and work with David (video dude). And it was AWESOME!! When I first found out that I was for sure coming I received an email from David saying that he had been praying for almost 8 years for God to send someone to train him and to help bring equipment that he really needed. And here I am! I don't know if I'm quite what he expected, I think he expected an older gentleman...but, all he got was me and already he treats be like a sister and picks on me just like every other "brother" I have back home! :) We had such a great day yesterday...I don't know if you have ever seen anyone have a prayer answered, but when David started to play with the new equipment we brought him and as I started to work with him on how to use the green room, etc. his face was lit up with a smile from ear to ear!! "Awesome, Awesome" is all he keep saying...that and "Praise God!!"
I also got to hang out with another 'fast-friend' Jeffeth. He had asked for some gum from the states and so I actually ended up being the person who went to buy it...and I got A LOT of gum!! I gave it to him yesterday and I have NEVER seen ANYONE so excited about gum in my entire life!! I got hugs and thank yous and craziness!! So fun to bless people and get to see their reaction over something so simple that I take for granted everyday...GUM!! :)
The three of us went to lunch at a outdoor cafe and it was like we had been friends for a lifetime. We talked and talked about anything and everything from football (Soccer) to movies (Avatar). I was so amazed by how much we were all alike. We have the same love and desire for God and to see others come to Him and we have the same likes and dislikes in Music and Movies. We even all got excited as we talked about the possibility of bringing a youth and skate team down to minister here. Jeffeth does a soccer ministry here...he has soccer balls that are the redemption story colors...and he uses them to share the Gospel with kids...so cool. So you can imagine when I started to tell him about our skatepark...he LIT UP!!! I hope we can work that out!
Suddenly Africa isn't feeling so far from Home!!! I LOVE IT!! - Crystal