Giving!

During our vacation, we spent five days in Pretoria with some friends (the Stolks). We had only met them once (We've only been to South Africa once, the ten days when we first got here... to Africa) But,they opened up their homes to us with loving arms! They were so giving! They wanted to give us everything we've missed while being in Mozambique, like fast food:), shopping at malls etc. 

While there, our car was acting up. You remember how our car was acting up even before we left Nampula. Praise the Lord, it started working and we were able to drive it down to South Africa. Well, when we got to Pretoria, Dad wanted the car to get worked on and see if maybe a mechanic could figure out what was wrong with the car. It just so happened that the week we were there it was South Africa's week almost all full of holidays! So, the shop was closed till Monday, and on Monday, we were hoping to be in Kruger. Well, Uncle Steve said that he would take it in Monday and we could use his car. His four month old car!!! WOAH! We were in shock and gratitude! We got to drive their car to Kruger and all around Kruger. It was a lot nice, cause all of our luggage could fit in the back of the truck so we didn't have to unpack things off the roof of our car like we would have with our other car. When we got back from our trip, Uncle Steve said that he and some men from his school had all pitched in to help pay for the work done on our car. We were, once again, in appreciation of all they did!!! God is so good!

Anyways, the reason I'm sharing this is because I thought it was a cool example of what John says in  1 John 2:17- 

"The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever."

They gave! They knew, that in the end, it wasn't the earthly treasures like a new car, computer, or  GPS... that mattered, all those things are going to pass away soon. It was doing the will of God. Showing His love to others around them. It was amazing to see! Here they are opening up their home for our family and we've only spent a day with them... once, and that was a year and a half ago! Then they took us shopping, fed us, talked with us:), and let us feel at home! They showed true hospitality and it's an example we can all learn from! :) 

Thank you so much Stolks for being so hospitable and generous to us!!