We have finally settled into a basic ministry schedule, which is great!  I am absolutely loving my ministry, though, because it is divided into two different places, it is easier at one of them than at the other.  I am very comfortable with able children and daycares, so I am absolutely in love with Virginia's creche and those children.  However, I am struggling with working at Algoa.  Those children are all so absolutely beautiful, but I become so overwhelmed by their circumstances and the fact that I am not at all used to being around children in that condition.  Every day, as I leave, I feel completely overwhelmed and, when asked how my day has been, I have no choice but to reply, "Intense".  I feel like that's become my word for this whole year, really.  It is intense in different ways.  Sometimes it is difficult to handle, like Algoa.  Other times it is a lot of information to take in, as it is in large group discipleship.  Other times it is just intense in the fact that I am living in South Africa and it doesn't even feel like it.

    But I am loving it.  Some days are a struggle, others are amazing.  But I know that God has brought me here, to this place, for a reason.  I know that He has His hand upon me with being here as well as with being at places like Algoa specifically.