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I have lots of exciting updates today!

First, completely non-related to Africa. I found out yesterday that I'll be an Uncle for the first time ever in August! Second, my brother (who was in a car accident in the beginning of December) will be able to start walking again next Tuesday. Go get 'em Travis!

And now, Africa:

This past week in class we learned about the Holy Spirit. It was an amazing week filled with a lot of breakthrough moments for myself and many others in the class. I feel like one of my funniest realizations came on Tuesday. We were talking about the power of the Holy Spirit and what Jesus commanded the original disciples to do (raise the dead, heal the sick, etc) and it dawned on me: this stuff is weird, but it was weird when Jesus did it also. People weren't walking around raising the dead and casting out demons like it was a normal thing, thats part of what made Jesus effective in His ministry. Jesus had authority because of His relationship with His Father, people wanted (and still do) want relationship, not religion. I'd rather strive to have that relationship and fail a million times than never try and never know.

As a reminder, I'll be leaving for India sometime in late March and returning to S. Africa for a week in the beginning of June before heading back to the States. Our itinerary for India is still being finalized, we're relying heavily on God to lead us on this trip because we want to do His work.

I'm still about $1,700 short of my final goal. Due to the time it takes to wire money overseas and take care of account transfers and such, I need to majority of my money in....the next 4 days! The time is getting closer and closer, God is good though and I'm not too worried about it. If you're feeling inclined to give, please do it. If you don't want to use the Paypal link on the left side of the page then send me a message on Facebook or leave a comment here, I'll let you know other ways to donate. Every dollar counts, I've learned that so much more lately.

And lastly, another request. I have the ability to take videos (with my webcam and my camera). I'd like to edit some of the videos with some effects (words, graphics, etc). Is anyone aware of a web program that would be of any use?