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Phil has been translating a series of stories from the book of Numbers. Most of the recent stories they have translated have to do with the children of Israel complaining in the wilderness. As he starts explaining the story that they are about to translate it usually goes something like this… “Then the children of […]

Praise the Lord it is time for eleven Mwinika people to graduate from the first literacy class. Elin and Francois have been working hard and their efforts are about to bear fruit. On Friday of this coming week (the 22nd), they will host the first graduation ceremony for the literacy class. Eleven people have finished […]

We praise the Lord that our partner, Francois Hattingh, was assigned the level of Capable-High in his language evaluation this week! He has worked hard for a long time to get there. He will take over the bulk of the curriculum development/Bible Lesson preparation from Phil. His wife, Nadia, also made progress in language and […]

With temps soaring to the triple digits in the shade these days, school can be a little draining for us all! 🙂 But, we are getting through the days and looking forward to a little break coming up! Overall the kids are doing really well. School takes up their mornings and then they play all […]

Ever since the World Cup games Elias has been begging for a Brazilian Soccer jersey! He recently turned the big “8” and thanks to Grandma’s birthday gift, he is now the proud owner of one – which he informs me that he can’t wear out of fear of getting it dirty! 🙂 Since he was […]

Here is a recent picture of our team. We work with Francois and Nadia Hattingh and their three kids, Franco, Waldo and Heide-Marie.

In May of 2010 a team came to run an eye clinic for the community. They brought donated glasses and matched up each person with the glasses they needed. They were able to see nearly 500 people in 5 working days and donated about 375 pairs of glasses. Many people were praying at the time […]

Here is a recent family photo taken in Sept 2010.

I am reminded of the story of Elijah and God’s victory against the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (see 1 Kings 18). Elijah poured large amounts of water on the firewood before starting. It was if he making it even more challenging for God to get the offering to burn. From the human perspective […]

Please pray for our partners Francois and Nadia Hattingh this week. They will be having language evaluations. Our organization’s language consultants are coming on Monday to help determine how far they have come in the language learning process. . This is an especially imporant evaluation for Francois as he is hoping to be cleared to […]