The Blessings of Globalization

As I sit here tonight drinking my South African Rooibos tea and eating "The Original Tennis Biscuits" I am thankful. Thankful of so much in general--life, travel, my house, warm clothes (yes, it's still cold here), but more specifically I am thankful for the community which I am a part of here. Tonight I went to bible study just as any Tuesday night, but for the first time since I've been here, I felt like I was a valuable member of that group. I walked in the door to loads of hugs and "Lindsay!" exclamations which was so encouraging. I was absent last week because of my trip to JoBurg and everyone was asking how it was and saying that they missed me last week. It was so exciting to realize that I have moved from just the international student that showed up a couple times to a friend and companion of this group of amazing Africans. Just last Saturday I went to the beach with one of the girls and we spent the afternoon talking and laughing the afternoon away! It has been an absolute answer to prayer!

There were also 2 new people that showed up to bible study--a girl from Germany and a guy from Holland. So that puts white students at a total of 3 in the study :) I love foreign cultures!!! Getting to talk with them was great and they really had a lot to add to the conversation and new perspectives on life. The guy actually spoke not only English and Dutch, but Swahili and Xhosa too!! So here I was in South Africa, an American girl talking in Xhosa to a guy from Holland while Ngami next to me is telling me to stop in Swahili! What a global living room that was!!

Anyways, I was just super excited about the new friends that I have made here and the fact that we are more than just bible study aquaintances now. We have plans to go to the theatre next week and a coffee shop later! Well, my tea is almost gone now and I've eating 5 too many tennis biscuits so I should probably go. Hope everyone back home is having a fantastic day!