Day two in Cape Town

From South Africa

I slept like a rock Saturday night and woke up to another warm day (highs in the upper 70s°F/50s°C) here in Cape Town. Especially warm considering it is winter! After a delicious, home-cooked breakfast at our lodge, I drove one of our group cars to a local church called El Shaddai. Yikes! People drive on the left side of the road here, just like Japan! I really had to pay attention to what lane I needed to be in, especially when turning. Ok, back to Church, which was really inspiring. The first part of the service was full of singing for about 40 minutes and followed by a great sermon. The pastor mentioned to the congregation that a bunch of people were visiting from America and asked us to raise our hands. After church, we had a some yummy, thin-crust pizza back at the lodge. We held our first meeting with all the rep consultants to get to know our new work partners and prepare and pray for the next two weeks of client meetings. During the last few minutes of the meeting with all the consultants, one of the Cape Town consultants mentioned that he was sitting in the meeting and thinking about something I had said during the meeting. While he was thinking about that he sensed that God spoke to him about me. He said that he wanted to share with me the words that God spoke to him:

Richard...I felt that the Holy Spirit was saying that while you are here in Cape Town, He will put the building blocks together and He will add to your understanding the revelation to solve and tackle some of the challenges that you have at work. In fact, before you leave this place, He will let you get on the plane with the basics of the answers (I thought I saw 3 problems / challenges). The Lord will do this for you as you invest in the life of your client.

I have to admit, I haven't thought much about work since last Thursday and I am curious to learn how this could be related to some challenges in my work life that have

Later that evening, we had quick dinner at the church where we will hold our consulting meetings for the next two weeks. I was responsible for setting up the tables and seating, along with supplying power to all the tables. After all the set up was complete we had a time of prayer about the venture and for healing. Some members of our team are suffering from physical aliments.

All in all, it was a great second day in South Africa. I also posted our venture group's first blog entry over on the rep website.