At Long Last

Well good people, I finally have the internet. Time to update a bit on life in the past few weeks, eh? Well I must say, life is good. This was a move for me that needed to be made. I found myself in the strangest stage of my life after I graduated in May. Even though I was back in my hometown surrounded by a lot of great family and friends, I just didn't feel right in my own skin. Now that I'm here, I feel a great deal more peace than I have had for quite some time--probably a year or so. Although I know that you can never run from your problems or doubts just by changing destinations on the globe, the change of scenery has been beneficial for me. That being said, I miss a great deal of people, and tend to get nostalgic when browsing through older photos. So what have I been up to you ask? Well, lots of things, some of which will be documented with this post. Getting settled and moved in to my "granny flat" has taken quite awhile, and is almost finished now. I will show y'all an epic video about my place when it's finished up. I've also had several meetings with pastors and social workers in the informal settlements around George in an effort to cultivate relationships with the right people in those areas. I have also had some fun working with our Sports Academy, an after school sports program for children from all over George whose schools do not facilitate any formal sports teams. As a fundraising effort, OAM has created XMas cards from some pics I took of the kids during practice. If you are interested in purchasing some, just email me back or send a holler out to Ashely Elsdon at info@outofafricamissions.org. Currently, I am working on creating some blogs for families in the informal settlements who have had homes built for them by OAM. Also, I will be helping supervise the yungins at the Sports Academy weekend camp this coming Friday. Almost forgot, I had my first surfing adventure on Sunday at Vic Bay and got humbled multiple times by some waves that I shouldn't have been trying to challenge. Anyway, all's well that ends well. Enjoy the photos. Some are of the house and office I'm living/working at. Others are of the X Mas card pics, and my day at Vic (where everyone in the picture is leaning way too much). Yep, that's all for now. I'll make it more regular now. Promise. Stay well.