Hellooo.
Wow its hot. We arrived in Oshakati 3 days ago, we are here for a few more days. It is in the very northern part of Namibia. We are saying at a place that is connected with YWAM. It is very hot and dusty, we stay indoors during the day with the fan as much as we can. Also the cold showers, we don't even have a warm water option. :) There are also nice big spiders in the room to keep us company.
So on sunday we went to a 4 and a half hour church service. It was very nice though, a few of our team members spoke, and there was some baptisms. The singing though is so beautiful, the natual harmonies of their voices is just man, i got tears in my eyes at one point lol. I recorded some so those of you who know me well will be priveledged enough to hear some.
On monday morning me and Natasha went out with some pastors to a village way up right on the Angola/Namibia border. It was so beautiful, with the traditional mud huts with thatched roofs and stuff. We met with some of the residents and prayed with them, it was so very nice. We had a traslator with us as their language is only unique to that one part of Africa. Language is such a cool and cultural valuble thing....it makes me want to learn another language.
On tues we did a 'door to door' prayer thing. We split up into groups, and it was more like, walk from feild to feild, from mud hut village to mud hut random house in the middle of nowhere for 3 hours. haha. it was VERY cool though, i loved it. My group of 2 with a young boy translator found about.... 5 or 6 houses. One of them being a group of people mourning the death of an old ladies husband... wow. That is somehting i will never forget. There was 4 of them to start, just sitting on the dirt. I went up to the now widowed woman and prayed for her, and i just started to cry beacuse, i just felt for her. And then the other women started crying, and more women showed up and they just sit on the ground infront of the widow and full out wail and cry so loud, it was somehting else to be there with them. It was beautiful. At another place there was a woman who looks after 8 orphans. She asked us to pray for her because of her poverty. We did, and I asked her if she wanted new shoes. (Because her shoes were tied together with wire or something, with holes) And she said yes, but can't afford it because she wants to send all her kids to school. And so I gave her my sandles, and she was soo happy!! She smiled and laughed and slapped them together, and i told her that God provides. :) The one i was with, Myra, (my teammate) also gave her shoes to the girl there who looked our age. It was a very rewarding, learning, nice day. And it was hot. and the ground was prickely when we walked back.
We also had a nice evening service for the youth here at the church. They dont usually have one in the evening, but we put on one. We sang, and i played guitar, and we did a drama and it was so much fun. In this one other church we were at (imagine a concrete building with a dirt/dust/sand floor) we sang and danced and it was getting dark and the dust was flying in the air, and i have to get allergy stuff cuz i think the dust may be getting to be. But it was so much fun, and i am always amazed at the singing of these Africans. So beautiful.
We go to bed at about 8PM every day because we are so tired and its hot hot hot. Starting today we will be tenting for a bit. .... mhm. I am also spending alot of money on water.
Pray for strength and energy and safety.
I love you all!! Since being on the road i miss home more. But i am still loving it here.
Shout out to my sisters, i love you and miss you.
"...those who sow in peace will reap a harvest of righteousness."
-The bible
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Namibia
Arrived in Namibia 2 days ago. Today is the 16th. wow....I am exhausted!!
We have been busy, and driving alot the past few days...lets start at the begninng.
Left South Africa, drove and drove up up north to the border. All of us got through OK except for the 3 Nigerians on the team. Something happend with the visa's or something, and Namibia acctually dosn't like Nigerians coming in because they usually come in as criminals, so there was a huge thing. Ended up the nigerians had to camp out at the border while we went on to Windhoek, (the capital of Namibia) to sort this all out. The first night we stayed at a pretty nice hotel, well....it wasn't 'nice' but it was expensive....we had at least 5 beds and a shower!! So that was nice. However, we couldn't sleep because the misquitoes were so bad. We were fighting them off all night, and so at 4AM i finally got up and sat in the bathtub with my sheet around me and managed to kill off all the mosquitoes in the bathroom to sit quitely!! So that was nice I suppose....had a nice early start to my day!!
Oh my goodness.....Namibia is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I am falling in love with this country, I feel like i am now experiencing the real Africa....it is desert and the sky is HUGE and BLUE and the clouds are like real clouds!! They are flat on the bottom and fluffy on top, and i felt like i was in a cartoon, no joke!! Eveyone was laughing at me because i was excited about the 'real' looking clouds. and man, its just amazing, the place is goegrous...!!!!
So we arrived in Windhoek at 12:30AM. We had to stop along the way a few times to cool our engine down......i don't know what is wrong, but the radiator or something is blocked, and the water or something in the engine was boiling it was so hot, and so we used up all our drinking water to cool it down. This was at like, 10 at night. Soo took us a while, but the road isn't a busy road, even though its the main highway. We are staying at the YWAM base here in Namibia for a few nights....we got the visas sorted out today and the nigerians are on their way! Then we head off to the desert to do some stuff..haha.
Um so i am verry tired, i don't know what else i wanted to say excpet that the bugs here are like, oversized...they're huge!!! man....these locusts hit us when we were driving, and left huge marks on the windsheild..and big scary-looking weird things....i'll get a picture sometime up.
What else........i raelly love this place, its beautiful.
Update again later!!
Tierney
We have been busy, and driving alot the past few days...lets start at the begninng.
Left South Africa, drove and drove up up north to the border. All of us got through OK except for the 3 Nigerians on the team. Something happend with the visa's or something, and Namibia acctually dosn't like Nigerians coming in because they usually come in as criminals, so there was a huge thing. Ended up the nigerians had to camp out at the border while we went on to Windhoek, (the capital of Namibia) to sort this all out. The first night we stayed at a pretty nice hotel, well....it wasn't 'nice' but it was expensive....we had at least 5 beds and a shower!! So that was nice. However, we couldn't sleep because the misquitoes were so bad. We were fighting them off all night, and so at 4AM i finally got up and sat in the bathtub with my sheet around me and managed to kill off all the mosquitoes in the bathroom to sit quitely!! So that was nice I suppose....had a nice early start to my day!!
Oh my goodness.....Namibia is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I am falling in love with this country, I feel like i am now experiencing the real Africa....it is desert and the sky is HUGE and BLUE and the clouds are like real clouds!! They are flat on the bottom and fluffy on top, and i felt like i was in a cartoon, no joke!! Eveyone was laughing at me because i was excited about the 'real' looking clouds. and man, its just amazing, the place is goegrous...!!!!
So we arrived in Windhoek at 12:30AM. We had to stop along the way a few times to cool our engine down......i don't know what is wrong, but the radiator or something is blocked, and the water or something in the engine was boiling it was so hot, and so we used up all our drinking water to cool it down. This was at like, 10 at night. Soo took us a while, but the road isn't a busy road, even though its the main highway. We are staying at the YWAM base here in Namibia for a few nights....we got the visas sorted out today and the nigerians are on their way! Then we head off to the desert to do some stuff..haha.
Um so i am verry tired, i don't know what else i wanted to say excpet that the bugs here are like, oversized...they're huge!!! man....these locusts hit us when we were driving, and left huge marks on the windsheild..and big scary-looking weird things....i'll get a picture sometime up.
What else........i raelly love this place, its beautiful.
Update again later!!
Tierney
Friday, April 11, 2008
first 2 weeks of outreach experience!
So the first two weeks of outraech are over! Wow, and my oh my we have been blessed.
It was kind of like, BAM. We are now on the giving side after receiving receving receiving. But i love it, i love sharing what i have learned.
We are on our way to Naimiba, we were in Port Eliz. the first week and George this past week. You may have seen the pictures of how we are travling/....in the 12-passenger van (the combie)...with the backseat down, luggage paked in, matresses on top and then 3 or 4 girls lying ontop of the matrseses. haha...its crazy but fun. - so far.
We are staying with families here, so we get home-cooked meals and a bed with a matress and covers and it is very nice!! We really are blessed so far.
Although it is getting very cold....i am in Africa, and i bought a scarf and gloves yesterday. I also get dressed in my sleeping bag, its THAT cold!! Man....well in the morrnings and eventnings, in the daytime its quite warm still. But i definatly have climatized, because its still like, 18 degrees....crazy hey.
So the first week we did the soccer camp, wich was fun, i think i alraedy takled abuot that.
Then this past week we haev been doing a programm with 2 different groups of kids, one at Rosemore church where we went to a Xosa church service, which was very cool! Man, it was small, and they sing so so well, they don't have any instrements, and they all harmonize, and it is just SO beautiful. The service was in 3 languages...Africaans, Xosa, and English - very cool. They are very old traditional - the men sit on one side and the women and children on the other. I shared a bit about my past and how God has lifted my burdens, and it was very good.
Anyways, so God has really worked through us this past week to these kids....it was the first time a group has EVER come through and did something likethis, so thye were raelly blessed, but so were we. We would play games and worship and do a drama every day...They are just so cute...the ages were from 2-17, and they all had fun, and all learned something. I really really enjoyed myself....the kids just love getting hugged, i think my and their favorite part of the day was the end where we say goodbye and hug them. And its not just a quick hug, its a long meaningful hug, and its real sad, cuz its probably the only hug like that they'll get in a long time. On the last day we did a hectic drama, that was just very powerful, about Jesus taking the hurts of others onto the cross and stuch - and i played Jesus haha. Anyway, then we had a prayer time and all the kids came up fpr prayer, and it was amazing. Some of them were crying and they told us storys of how they get beaten, and the most common story was their parents drinking. Alcoholism is a HUGE problem in the townships. So it was very a very productive and meaningful encouraging week. Our taem is raelly in awe of how God works.
On wed we went out to a chicken farm house place. It was acctaully my dream house...it was a total hippy house! - A chickn farm turned house, all done up beautifully!! I loved it..i want to live there. Anyhoo, we did a church service there for about 10 people living there, and it was very good. People live there who have just got out of prison with no where to go, and a christian family kind of helps them.
Well....overall this week has been a week of blessings, learning, and loving.....
I love my team. We are all so different, and we are learning to love eachother more and more. :)
We leave for Namibia on monday. There are heavy rains there right now, so a few of us have to take malaria medication, and i am not looking forward to it.....
Thank you for your prayers, and for reading my blogs. :P
Prayer request is for me to be able to get a Visa extention without much trouble or money. !!
Love you all, keep movin forward.
xoxox
Tierney.
"Trust in the Lord, and lean not on your own understanding,..in all ways aknowlege him, and he will direct your paths."
It was kind of like, BAM. We are now on the giving side after receiving receving receiving. But i love it, i love sharing what i have learned.
We are on our way to Naimiba, we were in Port Eliz. the first week and George this past week. You may have seen the pictures of how we are travling/....in the 12-passenger van (the combie)...with the backseat down, luggage paked in, matresses on top and then 3 or 4 girls lying ontop of the matrseses. haha...its crazy but fun. - so far.
We are staying with families here, so we get home-cooked meals and a bed with a matress and covers and it is very nice!! We really are blessed so far.
Although it is getting very cold....i am in Africa, and i bought a scarf and gloves yesterday. I also get dressed in my sleeping bag, its THAT cold!! Man....well in the morrnings and eventnings, in the daytime its quite warm still. But i definatly have climatized, because its still like, 18 degrees....crazy hey.
So the first week we did the soccer camp, wich was fun, i think i alraedy takled abuot that.
Then this past week we haev been doing a programm with 2 different groups of kids, one at Rosemore church where we went to a Xosa church service, which was very cool! Man, it was small, and they sing so so well, they don't have any instrements, and they all harmonize, and it is just SO beautiful. The service was in 3 languages...Africaans, Xosa, and English - very cool. They are very old traditional - the men sit on one side and the women and children on the other. I shared a bit about my past and how God has lifted my burdens, and it was very good.
Anyways, so God has really worked through us this past week to these kids....it was the first time a group has EVER come through and did something likethis, so thye were raelly blessed, but so were we. We would play games and worship and do a drama every day...They are just so cute...the ages were from 2-17, and they all had fun, and all learned something. I really really enjoyed myself....the kids just love getting hugged, i think my and their favorite part of the day was the end where we say goodbye and hug them. And its not just a quick hug, its a long meaningful hug, and its real sad, cuz its probably the only hug like that they'll get in a long time. On the last day we did a hectic drama, that was just very powerful, about Jesus taking the hurts of others onto the cross and stuch - and i played Jesus haha. Anyway, then we had a prayer time and all the kids came up fpr prayer, and it was amazing. Some of them were crying and they told us storys of how they get beaten, and the most common story was their parents drinking. Alcoholism is a HUGE problem in the townships. So it was very a very productive and meaningful encouraging week. Our taem is raelly in awe of how God works.
On wed we went out to a chicken farm house place. It was acctaully my dream house...it was a total hippy house! - A chickn farm turned house, all done up beautifully!! I loved it..i want to live there. Anyhoo, we did a church service there for about 10 people living there, and it was very good. People live there who have just got out of prison with no where to go, and a christian family kind of helps them.
Well....overall this week has been a week of blessings, learning, and loving.....
I love my team. We are all so different, and we are learning to love eachother more and more. :)
We leave for Namibia on monday. There are heavy rains there right now, so a few of us have to take malaria medication, and i am not looking forward to it.....
Thank you for your prayers, and for reading my blogs. :P
Prayer request is for me to be able to get a Visa extention without much trouble or money. !!
Love you all, keep movin forward.
xoxox
Tierney.
"Trust in the Lord, and lean not on your own understanding,..in all ways aknowlege him, and he will direct your paths."
Friday, April 4, 2008
more stuff i left out
i forgot some stuff in the blog about outreach!
I think its cuz i get to used to it, but in the place we are staying there are little gecko lizards everywehre, grandma wilson, you would hate it!! They just run out from behind htings and stuff and they are so cute. ALSO oh my GOODNESS. Rain spiders. They are HUGE. the first time i saw one i totally FREAKED out man, they are SO big, and the south africans were just like.....what?? its harmless.....and its not that big. but i'm telling you it was huge, i almost crapped. like haha, they won't bite, but it could fit around your upper arm.
so that was a cool story.
ummm ya, and the other day we went to the hospital to pray for people, and we went to the cancer ward. it was very very....interesting. Different hospital atmosphere that in canada. This one lady i prayed for had just lost her leg to cancer. and there were a few otehrs...they were all so open to prayer and this one guy started crying and...it wasjust very touching and humbling. i enjoyed it very much....and i know they did too.
Anyways, we are off on our way today, we are all packed up and stuffed in the van.....alrighty.
I think thats it for now, talk later!!
I think its cuz i get to used to it, but in the place we are staying there are little gecko lizards everywehre, grandma wilson, you would hate it!! They just run out from behind htings and stuff and they are so cute. ALSO oh my GOODNESS. Rain spiders. They are HUGE. the first time i saw one i totally FREAKED out man, they are SO big, and the south africans were just like.....what?? its harmless.....and its not that big. but i'm telling you it was huge, i almost crapped. like haha, they won't bite, but it could fit around your upper arm.
so that was a cool story.
ummm ya, and the other day we went to the hospital to pray for people, and we went to the cancer ward. it was very very....interesting. Different hospital atmosphere that in canada. This one lady i prayed for had just lost her leg to cancer. and there were a few otehrs...they were all so open to prayer and this one guy started crying and...it wasjust very touching and humbling. i enjoyed it very much....and i know they did too.
Anyways, we are off on our way today, we are all packed up and stuffed in the van.....alrighty.
I think thats it for now, talk later!!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
OUTREACH
so we have started on the outreaching, 'making God knowen' part of the YWAM time. I don't have much time on this internet, so i will try to make it fast. We left on friday to Port Elizabeth, and are here for the week. We are busy everyday and we are tired!! But its good. We went into a very poor township with food parceles on sunday and it was a very experience. All the little kids running around in their bare feet and little kids carrying little babys, where are the mothers??? where are the fathers?? There was a huge line up for the food, and not everyone got some. It was crazy though, everyone was talking and yelling and getting food, haha it was fun though. we went for a walk through the township and looked at the houses, and the one water tap that they have. The kids are so cute. This one little girl had 6 fingers, she was about 2?? And yaa....anyways.
Then we are doing a soccer camp with this church for a bit, and its SO FUN. We get to play soccer!! And worship!! and talk about God, and its so mmuch fun, i love the kids and its agraet group of people. I met robert munch. or a guy that is like him anways. So i think that i am very lucky to be playing soccer this week, its going to get more intense as we go on.
We will arrive in Namibia in about 2 weeks. !! :) i am very excitted to see what lays on beyond Port Elizabeth.
So we are working hard on our dramas, and on our team dynamics. The team is great i love everyone, however we need to love eachotehr and be patient, and its hard sometimes, esspecially with the high emotions this past week.
I was VERY sad to have left the other half of our team. They are going off to Mozambiqu and Swaziland. My taem is 8, and the other is 9 or 10 with the leaders. But i really do miss the other half of the team so much.....all the girls that were in my room area there, and it was hard leaving them. But man....i am learning alot alraedy. God is really working in us, and me......i am a peacemaker in my taem - that is my role appointed me by God haha. I bring the peace, and i keep the peace. it is very nice, and it is just so interesting how the team is split in such a way that... its just how God put us in each team in a way that chellenges us to grow and i can't explaine, but the personalities just are so that we compliment eachother and challenge eachother, so its going to be good. I am raelly descovering WHO i am and WHAT i have that other epople don't. I keep the peace because i have a thing wherei get along with everyone haha, and i bring us back to the issue if people are getting off focus because i am impatient. lol. Its just a good time, i love these girls as my family, because we ARE a family in this time.
Another thing, those of you who know me will be surprised to hear that i am very expressive with my emtions now adays lol. If i am mad, i will be so mad, and if i am happy, well then....i just express myself, and it is a very good change.
Nayho, guses i can go now, its been longer than i thought.
God Bless and i will try to keep updated/
Love!!!
1 Timothy 2:4 : ."..for our God who wants all to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth..."
Then we are doing a soccer camp with this church for a bit, and its SO FUN. We get to play soccer!! And worship!! and talk about God, and its so mmuch fun, i love the kids and its agraet group of people. I met robert munch. or a guy that is like him anways. So i think that i am very lucky to be playing soccer this week, its going to get more intense as we go on.
We will arrive in Namibia in about 2 weeks. !! :) i am very excitted to see what lays on beyond Port Elizabeth.
So we are working hard on our dramas, and on our team dynamics. The team is great i love everyone, however we need to love eachotehr and be patient, and its hard sometimes, esspecially with the high emotions this past week.
I was VERY sad to have left the other half of our team. They are going off to Mozambiqu and Swaziland. My taem is 8, and the other is 9 or 10 with the leaders. But i really do miss the other half of the team so much.....all the girls that were in my room area there, and it was hard leaving them. But man....i am learning alot alraedy. God is really working in us, and me......i am a peacemaker in my taem - that is my role appointed me by God haha. I bring the peace, and i keep the peace. it is very nice, and it is just so interesting how the team is split in such a way that... its just how God put us in each team in a way that chellenges us to grow and i can't explaine, but the personalities just are so that we compliment eachother and challenge eachother, so its going to be good. I am raelly descovering WHO i am and WHAT i have that other epople don't. I keep the peace because i have a thing wherei get along with everyone haha, and i bring us back to the issue if people are getting off focus because i am impatient. lol. Its just a good time, i love these girls as my family, because we ARE a family in this time.
Another thing, those of you who know me will be surprised to hear that i am very expressive with my emtions now adays lol. If i am mad, i will be so mad, and if i am happy, well then....i just express myself, and it is a very good change.
Nayho, guses i can go now, its been longer than i thought.
God Bless and i will try to keep updated/
Love!!!
1 Timothy 2:4 : ."..for our God who wants all to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth..."
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