Making Progress

Howzit!

“Howzit” Means “Hello, how’s it going?” And is the main greeting we use here.

This week has been our first “normal” week, where we are spending a lot more time in the dorms. So far it’s once again been amazing to see the work God has already done in preparing the hearts of these men to hear and ask questions about our Lord. Monday Kevin(another member of our CCP team, who also goes to GSU) had the privilege to lead a Bible study of about 12-14 guys(most who are not Christian) in the dorm. We spoke on John 4 and our ending question to the group was “Where do you seek satisfaction?” It has been good, because Jorge(my ministry partner) and I have been able to go around to some of the rooms and follow-up with some of the guys who came to the Bible study and really get to talk to them one-on-one. We are also trying to recruit these men that are Spiritually interested to come to a small 4 day camp, called the Joint Winter Conference(or JWC for short, remember it’s winter time here!) At JWC there will be many talks given that are evangelical as well as help grow those that are already believers.
This is the last normal week of classes for the students here, and then they start an “exam month” which is where they may have any where from 0-4 exams in one week. So the challenge has been trying to talk to guys who aren’t studying!
Yesterday we visited the Apartheid museum and got to see a lot of the history of South Africa. It was only around 1994 when the apartheid ended. During the apartheid the black’s rights were limited, but now they are able to enjoy equal rights with all the Europeans living here. But racism is still prevalent in some places. For instance there have been quite a few xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans that are living here, in Durbin, and in Cape Town. It is almost surreal to be so close to these attacks, attacks on people just because they are from Zimbabwe. A few of the people that live in the dorms we are reaching are from Zimbabwe, one boy, Henry, says he’s afraid to leave campus at all. While we aren’t ourselves in danger continue to pray for our safety, but include these people who are truly being targeted.

We have about 4 more weeks on campus here; These are some things that you can be praying for me, Jorge, and our team as a whole.

1-That we would have discernment who to speak to, as there are a lot of guys and not a lot of time! That we would use the time we have wisely.
2-That God would grant us favor in the eyes of the men and women here, so that we could build quality relationships with them.
3-That I, Jorge and our whole team would have hearts that are broken before the Lord and that truly Love the Lord, and desire to make him known, with our thoughts, words, and actions.(Ps. 51:17, Phil. 1:9-10)
4-That God give us opportunities to have Gospel conversations with those that He has prepared.
5-That the men and women we would talk to would have such a desire to know Christ that they would come to the JWC, pray that there would be little or no barriers for them to come.

Thanks So Much for your prayers!

P.S. if you wish to contact me it’s best to email me at wmobley1@gmail.com, however it may take me a while to respond, we only get internet intermittingly down here, and facebook doesn’t work too well.