Dear Pastor and praying friends,
What a wonderfully productive time this past month has been for our family and ministry!
Firstly, we have begun a new ministry at Cornerstone Baptist Church. We are calling it “Uni-Night.” Every Thursday evening, we have a service for college-aged young adults. Our new church plant is only 8 minutes away from Nelson Mandela University, where there are approximately 30,000 students. God has given us a great opportunity to reach them! We had 16 people attend our first service, 12 attend the week after, and last night we had 13. We play a few games, teach a salvation Bible lesson, and feed them. We have been thrilled by their genuinely deep, introspective questions. We believe that, by the power of the Holy Spirit’s conviction, we will see some put their faith in Christ soon. In particular, will you please pray for Prince, Ace, Kay, and Nosipho?
Secondly, we have had a young man named Odwa who has been attending for about 2 months. He grew up in a so-called Christian home and even attended a Christian school. But last week, he realized he had never truly accepted Christ as his Savior, and he put his faith and trust in Jesus. We rejoice with him! My family, myself, and many of you have been praying for someone to accept Christ for over 4 months. We are thankful that the Lord answered our prayers.
Thirdly, we just finished our VBS at Fellowship Baptist in Motherwell. We had 110, 80, and 135 kids, respectively, on each of the three days. The Gospel was preached, games were played, and fun was had! We are thankful for the young people in our church who helped us. We also thank Missionary Ashley Taylor, who greatly helped organize and run our VBS. Ashley Taylor is a missionary to the deaf and is also learning isiXhosa. She runs our children’s church and is a great help. Ashley was in attendance on the night I was taken last year. We are thankful that she is still working with our church at Fellowship. Pray for her, and keep Miso Mahamo in your prayers as he leads our church. We are praying that the Lord will use him greatly in the area.
Lastly, thank you for your prayers and support of our ministries. We truly could not be here without it. With that being said, as we seek to grow two churches, the costs are growing as well. If you would like to be a part of the exciting things happening here in South Africa, we would be grateful for your consideration of helping us meet some of these growing needs.
What a wonderfully productive time this past month has been for our family and ministry!
Firstly, we have begun a new ministry at Cornerstone Baptist Church. We are calling it “Uni-Night.” Every Thursday evening, we have a service for college-aged young adults. Our new church plant is only 8 minutes away from Nelson Mandela University, where there are approximately 30,000 students. God has given us a great opportunity to reach them! We had 16 people attend our first service, 12 attend the week after, and last night we had 13. We play a few games, teach a salvation Bible lesson, and feed them. We have been thrilled by their genuinely deep, introspective questions. We believe that, by the power of the Holy Spirit’s conviction, we will see some put their faith in Christ soon. In particular, will you please pray for Prince, Ace, Kay, and Nosipho?
Secondly, we have had a young man named Odwa who has been attending for about 2 months. He grew up in a so-called Christian home and even attended a Christian school. But last week, he realized he had never truly accepted Christ as his Savior, and he put his faith and trust in Jesus. We rejoice with him! My family, myself, and many of you have been praying for someone to accept Christ for over 4 months. We are thankful that the Lord answered our prayers.
Thirdly, we just finished our VBS at Fellowship Baptist in Motherwell. We had 110, 80, and 135 kids, respectively, on each of the three days. The Gospel was preached, games were played, and fun was had! We are thankful for the young people in our church who helped us. We also thank Missionary Ashley Taylor, who greatly helped organize and run our VBS. Ashley Taylor is a missionary to the deaf and is also learning isiXhosa. She runs our children’s church and is a great help. Ashley was in attendance on the night I was taken last year. We are thankful that she is still working with our church at Fellowship. Pray for her, and keep Miso Mahamo in your prayers as he leads our church. We are praying that the Lord will use him greatly in the area.
Lastly, thank you for your prayers and support of our ministries. We truly could not be here without it. With that being said, as we seek to grow two churches, the costs are growing as well. If you would like to be a part of the exciting things happening here in South Africa, we would be grateful for your consideration of helping us meet some of these growing needs.
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