It was great to have the Brentwood Team here

The last of the Brentwood Group leaves on the 15th of Oct, which is Walt and Marsha Miller, but the majority of the team is back home and back into the normal routine. We enjoyed being with them and watched each one work in their designated ministry assignments. It was great to have the returning construction/destruction team. As always, when Bill Bedi comes he comes to destruct and construct. They were supposed to put on new cabinet doors at Living Grace but instead they tore out the old kitchen and put in a whole new one. It was great to see the faces of the people that worked there they were so excited. Also, the landscaping team finished the patio out back in the garden. They put in new pavers so the homeless people will have a place to call their own. They are still waiting on some tables to be placed, but these will come in God’s time. The VBS (vacation bible school) team did something new for the first time; they trained all of our Life Skill Educators in 3 days how to have the same kids club for the week. They did a great job!
We took the team leader, Steve Galloway, around one day to all of the locations and it was great to see all of the kids and teachers having a wonderful time. On our Journey we stopped at the bank so Steve could get some cash (Rand) and the machine gave him R400 more than he asked for. The receipt and the amount were correct but Steve said I didn’t need that extra 400. I said to him obviously God thinks you need it for something so let’s wait and see what He is going to do with it. Steve asked if we could buy some Bibles for the homeless guys that helped work on the patio at Living Grace, so we stopped at the Christian book store on our way back to Living Grace. The original price for the Bibles was R129 each but the lady knew me and knew we were missionaries and told us she would give them to us at cost. Ok here’s the fun part of watching God work in our lives. She sold us the Bibles for R80 each and we needed 5 when you calculate 80 x 5 you get R400. Anyone have an extra R400? I think Steve does!!!!!! The other amazing part was he didn’t want to spend more than $10.00 and the going rate for US dollar to Rand was 8.1 that means each Bible cost him $10 bucks. Our God is an awesome God. It made for a great testimony for Steve and me. Many people would call that a coincidence but that is the work of the Mighty God we serve. It was sad to see them go but we know we will be in Brentwood in 8 weeks for the holidays and we will be able to see everyone then. We are excited.