I'm back!

So I'm here again in Clarens, and it took flippin forever to get here.....29 hours door to door, needless to say I was completely shattered by the time we entered are little flat.

So Clarens is exactly how I remember it but also very different at the same time. The awesome scenery, beautiful weather and amazing stars are completely like I remember. However there is a different feel to the church, not better or worse, just different. I guess a big factor is in the last year and a half many people who I got to know before have moved away to study, plant churches or go back home. So this week has taken longer to settle in than I thought it would. I am glad though to meet some lovely new people and excited to see a lot of the people I met in my last trip in a few weeks at the conference (Master Builders).

This week has been great - socializing, getting the church ready for Master Builders, youth and church yesterday morning (which was brilliant). I particularly enjoyed Mapeo (the vulnerable children project), they went swimming and it was so awesome to see the joy on their faces, I remember this being a highlight of my trip to Clarens before and I think it will be again.

I feel like God has been speaking to me a lot this week about why I'm here, at first I thought I was coming to serve and to also have a nice trip. However now I feel like this trip is to grow in my relationship with God, in my understanding of the Bible and to build up my confidence in photography and produce some good photos to go in my portfolio.