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To those interested who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I can't believe that another year of college has come to an end. Exams
went well and I'm glad they're over, I was satisfied with the results.
I've been quite busy post exams though as well. The Mountain View Baptist
youth had a "wake-over" on the Friday immediately after exams which I
supervised. For something that sounds like misery it was quite enjoyable.
It was also a great chance to say cheers to the youth that I have been
involved with for the past two years.
Following the wake over on Saturday morning I went to a 21st birthday
celebration but I don't think I was entirely cognisant having been awake
well over 24 hours by then. The party may have been a bad idea but then it
was followed by a potentially worse idea; I then left for a camp with
college people. We went to a place in the Cederberg called Beaverlac. It
is a beautiful area and a lovely place to get lots of sleeping done.
I then left on Sunday so that I could make it to one last church service
at Mountain View and say cheers to everyone there. Mountain View has had
it's highs and lows for me but I know that God has grown me through the
experience and they'll stay in my prayers. They also seem to want to get
jacked up as far as having students in their church is concerned (getting
them involved in different ministries and having some sort of mentoring
program with them) which is good.
Then came college clean up, college social, transcript checking, final
chapel and finally graduation. Last year I didn't feel like I had really
known the third years that well and so it wasn't a big deal saying good
bye but I suppose I've spent two years with the current third years so it
was sad to say goodbye to many of them.
I came back on Friday and met with some school friends on Saturday. The
significant thing since I've been back though is that I preached on Sunday
at the youth at Honeyridge. I preached from Philippians 3:1-11 (because
when we were translating it in Greek I got excited about some word play in
verse 2) and I hope I did so faithfully.
Then, as though in judgement, I had surgery on Monday because of stuff
that my braces did and now I can't talk. Hopefully I won't have to wait
until I have a child or something because that would be pretty slow
healing!
So on the top of my prayer list right now is that God would heal my mouth
fast after that 'doctor' ripped it up (he did do what he was supposed to -
I just don't appreciate it yet). You can also pray for Mountain View
Baptist, a student from BI will be joining them and probably filling in
where I left off but also for spiritual maturity in the congregation. It's
great to be on holiday now, please pray that I would grow in my walk with
God over the next few weeks and that all the stuff floating around from
the past year of college would become truth that not only enhances my
knowledge but enhances my love of God.
In Christ,
James Cuénod
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James, a bondslave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
http://www.rekindle.co.za
