First things first….HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! Love you and wish I could be there to celebrate with you! Looking forward to talking on the phone later today!
David Chronic (WMF Regional Coordinator for Europe/Africa) and Noah Tullay (Sierra Leonean Field Advisor) have been planning to join me here in Cape Town for a week this coming Thursday night, March 1. I have been looking forward to their visit to share all I have experienced and learned here so far and listen to their input and questions in the discernment process. Both David and Noah had planned to travel to Zambia before arriving here. You may remember I mentioned helping Noah with his visa applications when I was in Sierra Leone last month. This is quite an extensive and complicated process for a Sierra Leonean with no Zambian or South Africa Embassies in Sierra Leone. Noah had to go to Guinea to get his South Africa visa.
Well, after a ton of time and effort, Noah’s visa was denied yesterday from the Zambian Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa (mostly because of timing issues). They never received the faxed information we sent a month ago. It is disappointing news for David C. and Noah. So, “Plan B” Instead of traveling with David to Zambia, Noah will join me here in Cape Town a few days early! It will be great to have a companion and friend to join me for an extra few days here! While I have met a lot of great and hospitable people here, I have really missed a community of others to experience and discern these day-by-day steps with me. It was fun to think about having Noah here next week to introduce him to Cape Town and some of the people I have met. I value and look forward to his questions, fresh perspective, and input.
I first met Noah almost four years ago on a summer WMF Discovery Team (two weeks) to Sierra Leone. At that time, WMF staff, Jared and Julie Landreth, had met Noah and began serving with him in a slum community, Kroo Bay. Noah was pretty much single-handedly running a Bible Club for 200-300 children in that community. I can still vividly remember Noah singing and teaching all those children during that first visit. Needless to say, I was impressed with him and his example! He has been a valuable part of the WMF community in Sierra Leone. I know my time with him will be yet another voice in the discernment process.
Above is a picture of Noah and I that we took when I was in Sierra Leone last month.
Just a quick update other events this past week. First, I continue to be impressed and encouraged by The Warehouse ministry (see below post). On Thursday, they let me sit in on a two-week course they teach once a year on “Christian Social Development and Transformation.” Besides learning a lot from the great content of the course, I was able to meet some awesome people serving in township and settlement communities here in Cape Town! I continue to be grateful for the peeps I have met at The Warehouse.
Secondly, on Friday, I went back to the Salesians ministry for street youth and spent more time in the metal working shop. It was cool to go back and see some of the same guys I spent time with a week ago. This time I wore pants and shoes, so one of the guys began to teach me some basic welding stuff. We started making a metal stool! We’ll see how things go next week with that.
So, that’s the word from here! Have a great weekend all!
David Chronic (WMF Regional Coordinator for Europe/Africa) and Noah Tullay (Sierra Leonean Field Advisor) have been planning to join me here in Cape Town for a week this coming Thursday night, March 1. I have been looking forward to their visit to share all I have experienced and learned here so far and listen to their input and questions in the discernment process. Both David and Noah had planned to travel to Zambia before arriving here. You may remember I mentioned helping Noah with his visa applications when I was in Sierra Leone last month. This is quite an extensive and complicated process for a Sierra Leonean with no Zambian or South Africa Embassies in Sierra Leone. Noah had to go to Guinea to get his South Africa visa.
Well, after a ton of time and effort, Noah’s visa was denied yesterday from the Zambian Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa (mostly because of timing issues). They never received the faxed information we sent a month ago. It is disappointing news for David C. and Noah. So, “Plan B” Instead of traveling with David to Zambia, Noah will join me here in Cape Town a few days early! It will be great to have a companion and friend to join me for an extra few days here! While I have met a lot of great and hospitable people here, I have really missed a community of others to experience and discern these day-by-day steps with me. It was fun to think about having Noah here next week to introduce him to Cape Town and some of the people I have met. I value and look forward to his questions, fresh perspective, and input.
I first met Noah almost four years ago on a summer WMF Discovery Team (two weeks) to Sierra Leone. At that time, WMF staff, Jared and Julie Landreth, had met Noah and began serving with him in a slum community, Kroo Bay. Noah was pretty much single-handedly running a Bible Club for 200-300 children in that community. I can still vividly remember Noah singing and teaching all those children during that first visit. Needless to say, I was impressed with him and his example! He has been a valuable part of the WMF community in Sierra Leone. I know my time with him will be yet another voice in the discernment process.
Above is a picture of Noah and I that we took when I was in Sierra Leone last month.
Just a quick update other events this past week. First, I continue to be impressed and encouraged by The Warehouse ministry (see below post). On Thursday, they let me sit in on a two-week course they teach once a year on “Christian Social Development and Transformation.” Besides learning a lot from the great content of the course, I was able to meet some awesome people serving in township and settlement communities here in Cape Town! I continue to be grateful for the peeps I have met at The Warehouse.
Secondly, on Friday, I went back to the Salesians ministry for street youth and spent more time in the metal working shop. It was cool to go back and see some of the same guys I spent time with a week ago. This time I wore pants and shoes, so one of the guys began to teach me some basic welding stuff. We started making a metal stool! We’ll see how things go next week with that.
So, that’s the word from here! Have a great weekend all!
2 comments:
Glad Noah will be able to join you. Bummer that the visa did not work out. But you get another set of eyes, tell him we miss him.
end noah my love! have a good time!
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