Ethnos360 | Francois and Nadia Hattingh

Next visit to the village – June and July 2018

May 29, 2018

We are planning to visit the Mwinika as a family for a few weeks. We are all very excited about the prospect to see our friends and “family” again! Pray for the preparations, logistics and finances that must come together for us to go. Also, for Nadia’s health to sufficiently improve for her to accompany […]

Visit the village – April

May 29, 2018

During Francois’s short visit to the Mwinika, he could visit with many local church leaders and neighbors. Even though the believer community has been through many ups and downs, he is still encouraged to find that the church has grown so much that they decided to re-teach the evangelistic cycle Bible lessons with these new […]

Multiplication!

May 29, 2018

After 20 odd years in (mostly Mozambique) what are we DOING in Cape Town, people ask? In short… Multiplication! We are being positioned to multiply ourselves in training other cross-cultural workers. (We prefer this term in the place of “missionary”). Will you soon see a training center with our mission organization’s name in big bold […]

Expanding our Discipleship Conference – April

May 29, 2018

Often ministers of the Word coming through Bible or mission schools come to the field well equipped to teach the Word of God and in our organization workers are specifically trained to function within a cross-cultural setting. Yet, to minister the Word of God holds so much more depth than just teaching it! Together with colleagues […]

Cross-cultural training – multiplying and discipling

May 26, 2018

Our involvement with the training of cross-cultural workers in South East Africa looks a little different from what we as a team originally thought. Although we hope to have more formal classes with 3 intensives a year, the Lord is allowing us at the moment to move alongside the church to minister and serve where […]

Missions conference in the States – February

May 26, 2018

What a blessed time to get to know one of our supporting churches, Calvary Church in the US, during a recent Missions Conference! Francois had the opportunity to meet the church and the leadership for the first time, and he was very encouraged by relationships that he could forge. At the end of the conference, […]

Literacy Consultant training – January/February 2018

May 26, 2018

Why literacy? After the Bible has been translated, how will people read the Bible if their language was previously unwritten? Literacy is an integral part of the vision to see mature churches develop! Nadia was over seas for further training as a Literacy consultant. Our International Consultant expertly led three big teams as well as 7 […]

Words and Hearts – an African story

May 26, 2018

In 2016 a team from Access Truth visited us in the village to film parts of the Mwinika story. It is very exciting to see and hear the testimonies of the young believers in this short film of about 20 minutes! Check out the Mwinika story by Access Truth: https://accesstruth.com/media/words-and-hearts-an-african-story

Here for our comfort?

January 10, 2018

As we look back at 2017, we are reminded that God’s ultimate goal with us isn’t comfort, it is character development. We are to be transformed into Christ’s image. He is always more interested in what we become, rather than what we do. I don’t know about you, but this is not always easy to grasp! Christmas 2016 […]

My village granny and God’s Word

June 18, 2017

Early morning mist is rising from the earth after a cool night. The Mwinika “winter” is on us, and despite the temperature never lowering even close to freezing, fevers, colds, runny noses, and coughing are rampant in our village. I am on my way to Granny’s house to get her ready for the day. She […]