Author: Nadia Hattingh

While taking a short break away, before the rush of this term’s Literacy and Bible teaching start, I got sick with malaria again. This time however, I was not nearly as sick as the previous year when I had to be flown to the city for treatment. I still ended up in hospital for a […]

Praise the Lord for a very fruitful first step towards 1st cycle Bible teaching in our area. Although not nearly as many leaders attended as we were expecting, it was encouraging to see key people of our community, people with whom we have been forging friendships over the years, come together and excitedly discuss why […]

Yesterday our great chief’s son was nearly killed by a crocodile. Moses and two friends were crossing a river (about 30 min walk from us), when a crocodile attacked him. A chunk of his right leg was ripped out, but he managed to get away to the other side. As he and his friends tried […]

Shatito looks 12, but he is probably now close to 16 years old. Shatito’s dad died a few years ago of Aids and his family is one of the poorest of the poor. He had the reputation as one of the “malandros” – bad boys – of the community after his father’s death. He seemed […]

Some photos of the airfield in our closest town (about 1 hour from us). Loading the tiny airplane up! But first: unloading the plane with our supplies from the city. We are glad to get some fresh veggies, powdered milk and canned food again! We just finished the last of much of our food a […]

Francois and our team mate Phil flew out today from a town about 1 hour from our house. They are on their way to the city for meetings and will thereafter visit our new South East Africa field in Tanzania. It will be their first time there and they are looking forward to meet the […]

A recent picture taken while I was visiting with some friends. In the front is one of the first women I befriended when we arrived years ago, Ziria. Please pray with us that she will be open to hear the Truth about Christ and will accept Him as her personal Saviour. We hope to teach […]

We are constantly learning! The main focus of the ministry we are involved in here under the Mwinika people more and more can be summed up in one word: Discipleship. This is the one area where we can’t have a consultant to “train” us in, or a to-do list that we can tick off: “did […]

The BUV (Basic Utility Vehicle) has been fixed back to its original form (from a trailer to a vehicle!) and the first driving lessons of the Mwinika believers have begun! The BUV was sponsored to help transport sick people to and from the local clinic and town hospital (about 1 hour’s drive from us). Until […]