Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Daily Video Logs From Africa












Back From Africa. 4AM. Cant Sleep. Thoughts In My Brain

Well hello everyone I just got back from being in South Africa for 10 days, I know it doesn't seem like a long time but God has a way of making time be a lot longer when it comes to your spirit and emotions when you are doing His work. I say all that to say even though it went by very fast it seems like i was there for a lot longer the way that I grew in relationship with the people that are down there. God never ceases to amaze me. Truth be told i wasn't even supposed to go on this trip. Myself and Wretch actually were booked to perform at SxSW the same week in Dallas. We had taken care of everything and were ready to go. Then about 3 weeks before the plane was set to take off it was brought to my attention that I might need to go to South Africa or no one on the team would be able to go. Long story short I ended up canceling SxSW talked to Wretch, he completely understood of course. So from there I started getting everything in order for South Africa little did i know that this was all ordained by God and He had such a huge purpose for me to be going on this trip not just for the 10 days that i would be there but also setting up things for the future! Now i will say this I have been on plenty of missions trip in my time even though I am still some what young, but there was something about this one that seemed so different. The second i started to make arrangements for this trip God started breaking me in ways that i haven't felt in a long time and I hadn't even left the country yet. Showing me things in my spirit that i couldn't really see in my mind yet, but my spirit could(If that makes any sense to you) In a nutshell i knew He was going to do something amazing not only in our team but also in my life personally. I was very excited to grow in maturity spiritually & physically, I was excited to grow as a man and also in my culture. I was just ready for God to bring an atomic bomb(a good one) into my soul. So the day finally came and we hopped on a 15 hour plane ride to Dubai, which didn't seem like 15 hours for some reason. A day lay over, then in the morning we woke up and were on our way to the "Homeland". After leaving Dubai, Hank almost getting arrested for things that I'll write about later and 9 hours of sitting on an airplane we were landing in South Africa. The second I stepped off the plane I knew that I was going to be in for something awesome. We all made it through customs with no problem, got our bags and met up with Fola (our contact and the man of God that would be heading up our missions for the time we would be there). Now we stepped outside and the first thing i saw were mountains, mountains all over the place as if we were in the middle of a circle. They were gorgeous. Africa is a breathtaking place and thats just the scenery, the people are another story, so loving. Even the person that looks the least loving will give you a smile and a "Hoe goan dit?" (Which means "How goes it?" or "How are you doing?") Moving on to the base were we stayed with tons of people from other nations it was so eye opening to be talking with brothers and sisters in the faith that maybe you could barely understand because of the language barrier yet knowing you are in the family of faith together was so awesome. Lets you know that the world is bigger than Humble, Texas 77339. Shows you how big our God really is and how big His plan is, and something a lot of people don't like to hear but how small we really are. We were driving through Capetown on the side of one of the mountains and as i turned around and saw how HUGE that mountain is, that is one of those moments that I said "God is so big, and I am so small".

From there we had a very long and exciting week ahead of us. First thing we did was went to the mall and the first thing that happened was i meet this guy who worked at the music store in the mall who happened to be a rapper as well(and he is very good i might add). So i sold him a CD and we spit a few verses back and forth and traded information. From there the rest of the week we did so much stuff. We never stopped everyday up at 6am until we went to bed at 11pm, Sometimes later. We went to at least 1 to 2 schools a day(Kindergarten all the way to High schools), a church, a school to talk to the staff, an orphanage, a hospital, a rehab facility, and a township (which is basically a run down community). We were at the township just about everyday and that is the place were pieces of my heart got ripped out of my chest O so softly.
You will be able to hear about all this stuff in more detail on my video logs they are at

http://www.youtube.com/generationmintv

Also we also had the opportunity to perform at pretty much every school we went to we rocked the stage. We probably performed about 6 or 7 times. They love Rap music over there so much. I'm excited for what the future holds with that. That's one of the things that God layed out for the future. So exciting!
So now i find myself back in America and i cant lie to you. Its a very bitter sweet feeling. I really do miss the ZA. I long to be back over there, but I also long to be over here. I know God has huge things in store for over here and I am so pumped about the future that we are going to be building we Fola. God truly amazes me, I am so glad His ways are above my ways, and His thoughts above my thoughts. I'm so glad He said "Archie, your not going to SxSW, You're going to South Africa" He truly knows me better than i know myself, because no concert or show can compare to the work that God did in me while i was over there, and no concert or show can compare to the future work we will be doing over there that was set up this trip. I have a fire in me that i pray never quenches but spreads to everyone i come in contact with. I thank God for introducing me to a new home in South Africa, and I am so excited to see the amazing things He is going to do! He's working so many things out and His plans are so great. Generation Ministries buckle your seat belts because God has even more things in store that we can imagine.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible and no that nothing you gave whether it was prays or money was given in vain! You have been apart of something HUGE that didnt stop when we stepped back on american soil! The Future is bright and GOD IS GOOD!

I will be posting more blogs about stuff, this was just a cant sleep, let me tell you whats on my heart blog