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In the beginning God created. . . we are God’s creation! ‘From the very beginning, Lord you created us to worship you.’ And we worshiped God yesterday in our flying. Dawn, Katrice, Laurianne, Sharon and I soared with the eagles and flew with the angels. What an amazing experience! I would do it again and again. With tears of joy Dawn said, “we actually jumped out of an airplane. . . if we can do that, we can do anything.” She continued to speak about the jump helping to break the chains of fear; fear of rejection, failure and the unknown. Laurianne said that she felt like she was “in God’s arms.” Katrice said that in the beginning of the year she told God that she wanted to fly, and it came to pass. Sharon was the most fearful of the group. She actually was on the bus to go to Cape Point and asked the driver to pull over at the next safe area where she could get a taxi. She said, “I could not miss this. I had to live.” When I opened my arms in the air, it was as if my whole body opened up, and I felt like my spirit had been waiting my whole life for that moment! We were all very thankful and very appreciative for the opportunity.
I wrote yesterday’s blog at 3am after I finished packing, so there was one additional experience that I wanted to share. Katrice and I were in the ‘Green Market’ looking for a stand that sold shirts. She saw the stand some days before, and wanted to return to purchase a souvenir shirt. We looked for the stand, but it appeared that the owner had already packed up and left for the day. So we asked a lady standing in front of us about the stand. She looked at me and said, “I know you. You look so familiar.” Since I had never been to South Africa before, I was thinking, is this my distant cousin who recognized me in the Spirit? Now that would have been a story to tell. She then asked me, “Did you preach at New Faith Church on Sunday?” I smiled and responded, “Yes, I did.” She said, “that is my church, Pastor Jerome is my pastor. . . you were such a blessing to me. God put a word in your mouth that blessed me!” She went on to say, “Please pick something from my shop that I can give to bless you.” I was overwhelmed. She gave me a beautiful bag. As we continued to talk, she said to Katrice, “I cannot just give one blessing. How could I do that? Please pick something for yourself as well.” Utterly amazing! We both were blessed by our sister, Bibich. When we asked her what her name meant, she couldn’t think of an English word to describe it, but she described it as, “like a fish in water before it is caught. . . like fresh.” What a beautiful name for a beautiful spirit. What a wonderful ending to a wonderful day!
We have experienced the joy of returning home; a journey that our ancestors could only dream of, but never experience. Thank you God for our ancestors: those that paved the way for us. Thank you God for our ancestors: those that sacrificed their lives so that we could one day return home! I believe that they are smiling down upon us at this moment. What a day of rejoicing that will be, when we worship God together in Glory!
Well, we are now sitting at the Cape Town airport, waiting to board our flight to return to New York. Please pray for traveling mercies for us all!
Blessings~