I'm so blessed to be surrounded by really great people here. It seems that foreigners working in the same geographic area must have a magnetic radar for one another, as I've been meeting tons of other American missionaries serving here. Some new friends of mine have a really cool thing going on and I'm proud to be a fan of their ministries.
Casey & Sarah Prince are technically some of my small group leaders, but they do oh' so much more! Sarah is the associate pastor at the local township Methodist church where she regularly teaches, preaches and leads bible studies in her home for the women in Ocean View. Casey runs Ubuntu Sports ministry working with young male athletes leading them to Christ, and to successful football championships! These busy folks also are the youth leaders at their church and have a precious 2 year old to keep them on their toes.
Kieran, Sarah & Casey
But here's why I am a real fan of their work; because I could never do what they do. I certainly can't coach junior high boys in soccer and I don't have a seminary degree, so it works out so much better for me to be a nurse and for them to follow their callings! You might start to think that Someone actually set it up to work that way :) It's awe inspiring to watch people do what they were meant to be doing. I'm so grateful to get to witness, that when we all function in the way that we were designed to in the body of Christ, lives get transformed.
Casey & Sarah's story is just one of the many that I'm encountering here, but all the stories have the same theme: Go do what you were meant to do! People's lives are depending on it.
Check them out:
www.caseyandsarahafrica.blogspot.com
www.ubuntusports.org
Wow, that's humbling, thanks! You certainly wouldn't want me doing what you do! Those people would be in serious pain!