Our first day

We had a wonderful day here worshipping at Laudium Baptist Church. Their music and service was joyful and worshipful. Some of the believers shared testimonies. One lady, Cookie, shared how God had impressed upon her ladies prayer group to fast and pray every Wed. from 6a-6p. Then God led them to walk and pray around the Laudium secondary school 7 times. Teachers there saw a marked improvement in the childrens' behavior, they got a wonderful new principal and even the grass and yards appeared better cared for. What a witness to us! Dave played guitar along with the drummer, guitarist, and trombonist in the band and they all sounded great. Mona, Keith and Wanda sang and worshipped joyfully with all of them!Right after service we broke up into groups of 3-4 and prayer walked around their church. Though, small in number you can see this church making an impact in this largely Indian community. After church we ate a lovely traditional Indian meal of Brynie (bre-ah-nee) which is rice, chicken, potatoes seasoned with cardamom, cinnamon, star of anise, coriander and fennel seed. It was delicious. They Reddys prepared the meal for us- Kamela and Cookie (mother and daughter). Tonight we met a potential pastor for the Pretoria area, Julius Mbu and his wife Cyntia. They are a wonderful couple from Cameroon and truly have hearts for the Lord. Tomorrow we will start prayerwalking around 9am in Sunnyside which Julius says has a wide variety of ethnic groups.Julius and Cliff will be going with us-so there are 6 of us. We are praying for protection and our hearts to be open for God to show us who we should talk to and that we will listen to Him. Thank you again for your prayers for us and for the ministries here with the Vicks. Please continue praying for Cliff's mom-we know God's timing is perfect!