Proper update

Hey, so im hoping this will be a much better update of what im up to and feel free to send me an email (jameschefoliver@gmail.com) or a facebook message if you have any specific questions.
So basically i've been here for about a month and a half now which is quite long, wow it has gone fast. It hasn't been completely easy, its been very frustrating soughting out what im going to put my time into as there is so much need and opportunity to serve and volunteer but finding what God wants me to do and what the best thing for me to do is not so easy. So i've recently applied to do an internship with an organisation called Ambassadors in Sport which basically do soccer ministry partnering with churches to do outreach in their communities using football (i know i said soccer before but football is the proper word). Im hoping that goes through well and am keen to get started with that ASAP. However, obviously i must have been doing something for the last month or so. I've sought of been doing a mixture of things from visiting organisations that do stuff such as job empowerment and training (which is really needed here), helping out at a HIV orphanage in Khayelitsha which is the biggest township in the Western Cape where around 2-3 million people live apparently (thats crazy and coming from Australia it does look crazy, so many people living in shacks and huts all crammed together amongst some brick housing as well. It is like a world in its own, yet it is very much a part of Cape Town), attending and helping at Hillsong Cape Town and i also helped out at a holiday clinic for Kids in Gansbaii where i did some soccer coaching where i was far more blessed than i was a blessing i think. After writing that it sounds like a lot but there have been many moments when i've been doing nothing at home and thinking 'why am i here? i surely didn't come all this way to do this?" God is good though and that's not just a cliche saying he's been teaching me things and wants me here so i guess im waiting on him to see what eventuates. Im so lucky that i'm staying with an awesome family who have made the transition so much easier, i've been meeting some amazing people some whom God has definitely strategically placed along the way and the next thing i wish i could say is that i've found a good, affordable car and learnt how to drive manual. I really wish i had learnt back in sydney, autos are quite rare here and much more expensive.

So its sunday night here, just watching the masters now with another week ahead of me, which will be very interesting to see what happens. Missing you guys a lot, hope your going well, much love God Bless- Chef.

short update for you to read

Sorry this isn't longer, this is just something to fill space and make sure your not thinking that this thing is a fake. Will definitely fill it with something better by tomorrow i promise. Heading off to soccer training now, i have to ride from claremont to crawford so its basically riding from a built up fancy rich white area to a lesser so coloured community area. Very interesting but sad demographics here, apartheid is unfortunately still very much around in some senses. But things are changing which is awesome! and they will continue to do so and everyone said amen.