We have only been here for a week and God is already doing amazing things. We have now visited the communities of Diepsloot (pronounced deep-sloot) and Kya Sands, walking through to get a feel for the people and cultures there, learning all sorts of tips and safety stuff, and meeting some of the people Impact Africa has met and discipled over the years. The communities are just that - communities. They are completely self-sustaining. Impact Africa has actually met people who haven't left there in months. You can get everything you need there: clothes, food, household items, anything. All these are bought a from little shops run out of shacks called Tuck Shops, or if it's big enough to walk into, Spazas. Today as we walked through Kya Sands, we stopped at a Tuck Shop and got come cokes for R6 ($0.60). Almost everything you can buy from the tuck shops is okay to eat except for meals that they prepare for you and anything you eat the skin on (apples, etc.).
Some of you had asked me before I left the States if the water here in South Africa is okay to drink. The answer is yes! Joburg's water is the second cleanest in the world, so we're perfectly fine drinking the water.
All the interns have all jelled really, really well together. Our Intern Advisor Katie said that she had never seen an intern class get so close so quickly. We've been taking turns telling our life stories almost every night, and it's created a bond that is already so strong. I'm excited to see how we work together during ministry and look forward so much to making awesome memories.
Something that God has really been exposing in my heart just in the past week is my lingering insecurity. I have always had deep self-worth issues, and I thought that they had pretty much all gone, but I'm finding that they were only buried and ignored. He's pulling them up out of my heart and laying them before me, daring me to ask Him to do something about them. I love that God is already working in my heart after just a week.
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