So far communication to the outside world hasnt been aviable at all. im at the mall today... we have our first day off in two and a half weeks. i apologize i wont be able to use the internet but only once every two weeks. over the past two weeks so much has happened. i wish i could tell you everything in detail, but i dont have a whole lot of time. week 1- trianing camp was  great. it was in gainsville ga. there are 37 on my team. only five our boys. so all of the girls shared a cabin. we showered  under water hoses. it was an experience.  we prayed ALOT. breakfast was at 7 every morning and that was a stretch for me.. so the lord was already working on me. `i was so excited from day one because it is REAL! in every service and every prayer it wasnt some set religious structure or way of doing things... it was real and it is biblical raw truth! i love that... thats how i believe and im so excited to be apart of a team of believers who dont play patty-cake.. but are bound together in christ with one heart and purpose for the same things. my team is amazing! i cant fully express in words how excited i am just in that!
so far we have spent a lot of time at alabanza just learning about culture, spiritual warfare(which is great bc no body every teaches on it... at all and im glad we are bc its new to so many people and thats okay... but it is important! in the usa its so subtle and nobody wants to discuss it or even mention it. but in africa it is so vivid.. everybody knows about it here bc its not sublte.) and we have been talking about surrender. tuesday - thursday we went to mamelodi.. the poorest place around to minister to children in a daycare/school... we did children's programs and played with them. it was so much fun!
tomorrow we are leaving for swazi for a week... please continue to pray... eventhough i cant check my email very often please keep writting me everyday.. write me letters.. i find it very encouraging!!! i love   you allll!!
in christ,
ashley