::God has broken me::

When I came to Africa I was a bit disappointed because I expected it to be this emotional experience and I felt nothing. I saw the horrors right in front of me and yet it didn't faze me, but then I fell in love. It was when I allowed my heart to be swept away by the people of Africa that I was finally shattered. The pain that goes on in this place overwhelms me. I feel like this semester our team broke a layer. After 5 months of investing in these relationships we made a break through but in that we have seen a whole different side of what is going on here. I remember when I first got to Jeffreys Bay I didn't think it was that bad here. I wanted to go deeper into Africa because I thought everyone was doing alright here, I was wrong. This layer that we have broken through has opened us up to a whole new realm of pain. Sometimes the burdens are too much to bear, but that's when the beauty comes in. We do not have to carry the burden for they are not ours bear.