Thank you for all those who were praying for my visa to come through, the visa arrived on Friday which was a huge relief, recently a few people have found it really tough to get hold of a visa, so I'm really happy that it came through.
The office have booked my flights today, so I leave at 10.00pm thursday night...and I can't wait!
Packing for 6 months traveling, in an area where there isn't a Tesco at the end of every street, or even home delivery... is proving quite a tricky one. Plus, I have to some how find room for the mountain of Football shirts that are lining my bedroom floor at the moment :) not a bad problem to have, I know!
So I thought I'd give you a quick update as to what my plans are for the six months, or at least what I think I'm going to be doing, in reality it could be quite different.
I'm going to be working for mission Africa, and I will hopefully have 2 main roles in the Advance charity, which is a charity to support those who are HIV positive:
What will I be doing?
Purpose driven youth:
A program of talks, discussion groups and work shops focusing on 4 main areas:
General Health and wellbeing
Sexual Health
Bible studies on caring for the sick
Gender issues ie roles of men and women
The information which is given through the PDY is so important as there is still alot of misunderstanding and false ideas surrounding Aids, so it's important that its spoken about openly and people get a good understanding of how HIV is contracted, and how the spread can be further prevented.
Sports ministry:
The aim of sports ministry is to connect with children and teenagers through sport as a way to bring them into the Advance centre, where they can speak to councilors, receive basic medical care, learn more about HIV & Aids, and most importantly to speak to Christians and hear the good news of the Gospel!
So thats my 6 months summed up very simply, but I'm sure that there will be so so so much more more to it than just that....and it starts on Thursday night...BRING IT ON! :)
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