The Dilz Journey

Let me just write out my prayer for all these. "Father. May hearts be stirred for You. May hearts be shaken to move FOR You. May lives be enriched, encouraged, uplifted, rekindled to live for You. and it doesnt have to be huge or known and seen by the world - just be seen and known by You. That these pennings will go forth and serve and comfort and generate peace wherever it is received. For Your Names sake. Amen."  Please note, I am totally talking to myself (lol) or an invisible audience or my journal or God in all these. I like recording or taking notes of ALL that is happening or all that speaks to my heart/interests accordingly.  H ere's a few...  March 31st, 2020:  Truth bomb: "We were already in crises with the vitriol,...loss of empathy for each other, ..ignoring genderism, racism, and a general mood of disrespect and narcissism. We were already in a crises globally!"   - Bishop TD Jakes on Instagram   April 5th...

Tell us about yourself: Name, Married or Single; What do you do. Bula. I am Vilisi Cakacaka. I am married and am a missionary for Campus Crusade for Christ along with my husband.   What is Campus Crusade for Christ? Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) is an inter denomination Christian organization. It is a caring community passionate about connecting people to Jesus.   We are committed to helping fulfill the great commission through Community ministry, Family Life ministry and Student Life ministry.   Tell us about your story – how or why you joined ministry. I got involved in to CRU through Student Life ministry. I first heard about Student Life in 2009 through a friend but it wasn't until a year later when i got involved through attending Bible studies. Through these Bible studies I got to understand what it really means to be   a “Christian” and that it is an individual journey with God.   Understanding this truth opened my eyes to see ...

In all of this COVID19 craze, I just want to honour our mother.    Globally the churches in this pandemic have gathered and prayed Psalm 91 over the world.   What a time to be alive!  I feel comforted by it all because our mother made us learn it and say it over ourselves veisiga kece e bulia na Kalou (every single day of our lives). Of course there are times when it was said out of boredom and routine BUT all in all  reaping its favourable results.  Harm may have come our way over the years but we're still here - surviving. Shame may have tried its course but never succeeded. Death may have thought to wear us out but it never kept us down.  Fear gripping us by the neck, but never lasted its course.  She will never have to prove herself because she was busy long preparing her household from harm.  Mothers are a gift!  We stand tall and firm in our faith grip because while the world was teaching us how to ear...

For what this year and decade has done to my soul  I am grateful for all the lessons learnt;  All the people I came across  All the experiences - good and bad; shameful and unspeakable; glorious and sweet  All the losses made;  friendships that stayed  All the many unspoken of; unfilmed moments that captured my heart & attention along the way  All the memories that make my heart swell from time to time  All the memories forever etched in my heart & soul  Stories to tell the next gens!  Though fear is present, love is always the game changer Though lies & opinions matter for a while, Truth is always the victor,  Though closure does not come, Peace is the virtue that lasts  Though being beat down is familiar, kindness is always sweeter  These are some gatherings I made along the way  Life is too short to focus on the inconveniences,  Grow up, stay friends, make memori...

Of all the "social media perfect photos" I shared this year, (the ones where I'm smiling looking happy, feeling merry,) this picture best describes where my heart was really at - it was time to take him to church: Talatala was waiting, the boys were ready to take him, everybody was calling my name... I knew that day was coming, but somehow in the moment, I still wasn't so prepared for it. I just wanted a few more moments to be close to him physically, to cling to him tightly once more - the hands that carried me, the face that prayed for me, the man that set the standard for me.  Jan 01, 2019:  Told my father not to attend the usual New Years' service because it wasn't wise for his health.  Spent it with him, grandparents, my sis and cousins. Everybody else went to church. We prayed, and laughed and made fun with our grandmother putting powder on our faces while we had tea and cakes baked by my sister. I took videos for kee...

They just updated that they have done a memorial service celebrating sweet Olive's life. Wow. What an impact this toddler made! (God is always using babies ay?! ) There was something that transpired in the spiritual around the globe over the #WakeUpOlive set of events.  I feel like the Bethel community hosted an unplanned, spontaneous round the globe and round the clock worship event to end this decade on a level that sets the CHURCH up for 2020. Kingdom things. I see no loss at all that transpired and all that was said and done. It was glorious. It was real. It was kingdom Fullstop.  It does not and will not change their (our) heart posture, it only magnifies our hunger for more, for greater, for HEAVEN. and frankly, that's a good thing. If there were no radical expression of faith out of a place of pain, then we never really believed what we preach. All I saw transpired was FAITH in its purest form. Nothing less than that and that was stunning and heartwarming....