Africa Day 7: I am back on!

Well I am sorry for all of you non-facebook people but I have not been able to access this page while I was in Joburg. You can read Day 3-6 on facebook though. I am copying day 7 below and will try and add the others later. Things here are awesome!

Well today we sent the biggest part of the team to the Kruger national Park and our little small lead team flew to Cape Town which i must say is one of the coolest places on planet earth. I love it here. I would live here in a second. Well not a second because it would take about 20 hours to fly here. We left Joburg with great thoughts in our minds, smiles on our faces, and joy in our hearts. Looking back I think of the greatest of God. God could have done that event without any of us but that he allowed me to do anything makes me love Him even more. I think of the floor shaking, hands lifted up in worship, and a loud noise that I know made God very happy! South Africans are crazy and not afraid to go after God in worship...I love it! I did forget to mention two funny events yesterday. Evan walked into the green room during the first session and one of our rented tables was on fire! The flames were huge. A candle had gotten hot and tipped over spilling hot wax onto a wooden basket and the rest is history. Luckily Evan had a water bottle in his and and others close by. Evan saved the day and no one but us even knew. The table did die however with a huge hole burnt into it. The other event happened late last night. Everyone had left and Evan, Christina, and I were loading up the final things into the van. Someone from Evan's group texted Christina and she was trying to figure out how to call them (we are using old SA cell phones here). Instead of walking through the open glass door, she walked right into a closed one. We all three laughed so hard we almost became sick. It really was a great day yesterday and I cannot wait to share it with you. Today we landed in Cape Town. We checked into the hotel which is awesome and rested a bit. Tonight we went to Hillsong Cape Town. It is a church plant from the main church in Australia. The former student pastor Phil Dooley is the lead pastor. They have only been in existence since the middle of June and they already have 4 services that are full and thinking of starting number five. It was a great service. The worship was awesome and they did one of my favorite songs "The Time Has Come." Phil's message was great and challenging. It was a good night. We ate at the Spur on the waterfront which is one of our favorite SA places to eat. I am now here and going to bed. I hope church was well at CHBC and wherever you go! Thanks for all of you who prayed for me and for my knee. It was so crazy...I walking and it popped causing a lot of pain and today the same thing happened and I have no pain at all. I believe God healed me! Thanks again for the prayers. Also please pray for some friends of ours. I got word today that one of my friends in Charlotte was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday. He was young and he leaves a young wife Erica behind. Please pray for her and for those ministering to her. Well today is Sunday and I will be home on Saturday. I cannot wait to see my kids and my beautiful wife. I have not gotten to talk to them today so I am home sick tonight. Sweet dreams guys I love you! Regan, if I could choose any girls in the world to be my daughter I would choose you every time. Brycen and Corbin, if I could choose any boys to be my sons, I would choose you both every time. Carrie what can I say...of all the women in the world, you are the greatest! I love you so much. You still make my heart beat fast!Mark