Category: Ministry

As we near the end of the first cycle teaching through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation in our village, we see more clearly a separation between believers and unbelievers. As the Mwinika put it: do we sit under the shade tree of Satan, or do we sit in the shade of God? Many believe […]

About endings … and new beginnings (I found this blog in my drafts folder… It should have been out weeks ago!!) We are in the last month of the evangelistic teaching in our village! We started in Genesis in May this year and will finish with Revelation soon. It has been a very intense time […]

Having run many marathons in his “young days”, including the famous (or notorious?) Comrades Marathon of 97 km, Francois tells me that for him, the hardest part of any race are those last kilometres! Your heart is already there at the end, telling you that the race is finished; you have made it… But you […]

Nadia had a unexpected break of a view days, attending a missions conference of a supporting church (Sandton Bible Church) in the Johannesburg area, South Africa. They paid for her flight and transport to and from the conference and made it possible for Nadia to bring Franco back after his consultations with a audiologist. The […]

We are in the last month of the evangelistic teaching in our village! We started in Genesis in May this year and will finish with Revelation soon. It has been a very intense time and it is miraculous to see the life-changes in our friends. Praise be to God! The aim with this first cycle […]

Many of you have asked how Moses, the young man who lost his leg after a crocodile attack earlier this year, is doing. The king of kings and king of our village (the guy next to Nadia in the photo) is one of Moses’ “fathers”. In this culture “father” can mean one of several people, […]

Our kids are doing well. They are nearing the end of their school year (Jan-Nov) and have a much needed short break at the moment. Our kids really enjoyed “uncle” Marius and their oldest son, Oelof’s visit! He is staying with them during this week. Franco got a lift with them back to South Africa […]

The Lord has been answering our huge need for someone – with the know-how – to come and fix some urgent broken stuff! Marius and his 10 year old son, Oelof from South Africa, have arrived here Thursday evening after 4 full days’ driving. They also have been able to bring urgent supplies up (that […]

Yesterday, we heard that Nadia’s mom was still bleeding internally after an operation last week. They did not realize it, in fact the doctor insisted that her symptoms are “fake”, until he finally looked at her yesterday… By then she was very weak. Swart Hand, one of the guys working with Francois (but not a […]

This week we continue with the First Cycle teaching in Acts. Traditionally, the Chronological teaching material that is developed and used by our mission, ended the first phase with the ascension of Christ. Our context and understanding of the culture here has however lead us in developing the material further so that we continue HisStory […]