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I have returned home, held my niece, seen family, begun to catch up with friends...

I miss my family in South Africa, the whole congregation. I was tremendously blessed with hospitality, a humbling experience. I also worked with pastoral care, visiting the ill and the elderly, a special opportunity to get to know another human in a special way. I preached on three Sundays and four weekdays- not currently my favorite. But mostly - I'll return to this in any conversation on my time in South Africa - the opportunity to be with individuals in pastoral care 'moments' is incredible. Being a minister is to identify yourself as a trustworthy person, because strangers offer their honest struggles and raw problems when you allow yourself to enter the dialogue.

Anyways, I'm home, I'm reflecting, I'm up for chatting or hanging out.

Warm wishes to anyone who is still hanging around this blog,
Steven- over and out