Today Gavin preached at the mornig service…so good! The church services here last for like 3 hours and are so so long and today we were all really tired and not feeling well but we pressed through after service we eat a meal with the pastor and his family and took a walk around the township….this was devastating….these homes are made out of corragated aluminum and are about 200 square feet total…the floors are either cement or dirt and the roofs are either thatch are more aluminum….there are only one or two rooms and the entire family is crammed into them….the children are playing outside with no shoes and walking on broken glass and trash everywhere…..the children find the smallest things to keep them entertained and they love high fives and thumbs up 
……we visted a women today in her home who was very sick and weak and we prayed over her and visted with her…..at the nigh tservice befroe it started we played with the orphans this one girl who is 12 named prudence is so amazingly talented and beautiful she and i and her brother had really bonded both their parents have died of Aids and they live with there elderly grandparnets….Prudence came over too me wraped her little arms around me and started to sob…she was really sick and wasnt feeling good and wanted her mother….I cried with her and never stoped for about 5 hours…..during the church service i held her in my lap with her 8 year old brother and at my side who started to sob once the fathers day announcment started a lot og the orpahns started to wale all us girls lost it! i had prudence her brother and about 4 other orpahns sobbing on me and all the other girls were comforting the others as well …..this has been the hardest thing i have ever ever experienced i have not stopped crying and i am still crying as i write this…..saying goodbye to them was like someone was being murdered the whaling on both ends………..please pray for us we are so emotionally drained and please pray for these people and these poor children who are having to endure Aids and being orphans and being infacted with HIV as well….thank you for all your support and your prayer we feel them….Love to all…i’ll write more soon!
Amy Spencer
The right word spoken at the right time is as beautiful as gold apples in a silver bowl.–Proverbs 25:11
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Hi Sweetheart,
. It makes me sad to hear you describe how things are over there. I’m sorry to hear that you guys (you) are not feeling well. It makes it that much harder when your not feeling well. God is good though and will give you the strength to do what He needs you to do. Prayers to you all for your strength and health. I miss you and are looking forward to your safe return. I’m with Grandpa and Auntie Tracy. They would like to drop you a line or two …… so here they are 
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I’m so sorry you had such a hard day
Hi Ams, its ANTIE here! jejejejeje
Sis read all your blog posts to grandpa and i this morn, that was really cool. i’m sure all your studies have not prepared you for what you are seeing/experiencing. try to stay strong. you sound focused, and just the little time that you have there will impact so many of these lives in a positive way and change you forever. you should stay focused on that. i look forward to hearing about your experience. much love, antie (here’s grandpa)
Hi Amy, this is grandpa. hope you are feeling better. i am sorry to hear of the misery that you have found with these poor children. my heart is filled with joy that you have found the Lord through the work you are doing. may He keep you safe and healthy, until you are back home. love grandpa
kisses
Amy,
My heart breaks with you guys…. I know that our God is faithful in the midst of all the despair even when it doesn’t make any sense! Im proud of you all and can’t wait to hear your stories!
Ames!! I am sorry to hear of the hardships over there in S. Africa. Reading what you have wrote in the above blog makes me appreciate all that I have here in California, God has been extremely good to me. The children you are with are very lucky to have such an amazing woman of God comfort them. Stay strong dear friend, you are an inspiration to many, more then you probably realize. I look forward to your return home, but I am very happy that you are able to share your love, faith, and thoughtful heart with those in Africa. I continue to pray for you daily and look forward to your next blog! Sending hugs!!!
–Hill
i’ve been reading your blog and sacredthread and i can’t believe the stories! It is so incredible to me to hear about what God is doing and how you guys are being tested and stretched. Your story about father’s day is heartbreaking. I can just picture these poor children and you, and the team, being the only source of comfort they had… what a gift from God. I can only imagine how emotionally drained you must be! I am praying for you and the team and I know that God will provide the rest that you need to feel rejuvenated to continue to do His work this week… even if it’s just enough for the moment.
I can’t wait for you to come home… not much has happened here so I can’t wait to hear all of your stories and hear what God has taught you!
Love you, you’re in my prayers.
Holly
Hi Amy,
We love you. God bless your tender, open heart. He heals the wounds of the afflicted. He’s got all of you in His loving arms. We continue to beseech God on your (the team and Africa’s) behalf.
With love,
Debbie, for all of us
Amy oh Amy,
it isnt until times like that you realize why you are alive, and you realize why god has called you into this unknown land. Its times like that you realize just how small your problems can be and you are amazed at how much faith you soul can produce. What a blessing you have in these childrens life, who else in their life would have sat with them and cared enough to pray and love over them? It must be an amazing discovery to find that your heart can give so much more than you ever thought it could, and to know that even in a foreign country away from your comfort you have found what God has had you searching for and in the place farthest from who you are. (Hah shows God has an eccentric sense of humor!) Being touched by this day, you have had, can not compare to the overwhelmed feeling you must be facing, but although the feelings of “There’s to much to do”, “Theres to many people to help” can cross your mind, you must remember that your not there to save the country, you are there to save a soul, and reserving but one spot in the heart of God is what God has asked of you. You have now planted seeds in so many lifes, and if God wills it those seeds will grow into tree’s that will branch out to others. So i part from you with this- Your suffers on Earth amount to nothing on Earth, but your suffers in Soul amount to Life with God.