Category: Calling
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Outreach after Covid 19 Lockdown
The confinement of lockdown caught me and the handing out of Bibles was delayed. We were anxious to get away again and to tackle the work we would like to do. The moment it was permissible, we started driving around on weekends to hand out Bibles. Initially we drove from Rustenburg further west in North…
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Stumped, not just pruned!
Father had to break things in us so that He could love people and we wouldn’t be the ones loving them. Often we want to do things ourselves and we want to serve them and we do it out of our own strength. It took 11 years, living out of Father’s hand in our own…
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Time to Move Again…
We were flicking through job ads, knowing it’s time to move on, our season Pietermaritzburg was over, but we had no idea where to next. So I gallantly, out of the blue, said to my husband “what about Addo?”….From a city to …well, we knew nothing of this little hamlet in the Eastern Cape…. Needless…
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Exodus to Little Canaan
Our dream started about 20 years ago when we were on holiday in the Western Cape, dreaming of our own little farm with vineyards. Every year when we went to the Cape for a holiday, our desires and dreams for this increased. Because I grew up on a farm, I wanted to have my own…
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Bultfontein’s own Prayer Warrior…
The realisation of a need to pray for the many addicts in our community lead to another part of my ministry. Many people in our community are addicted to ‘over the counter’ medication, which is easy to obtain and therefor very dangerous. Visiting a lady in town one mid-morning, we found her already on a…
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An Alternative Look at “Church”…
We used to be part of a traditional, Afrikaans church but a group of us felt lead to look for more growth in our faith walk, including organising small groups for fellowship and to be able to sing different, alternative songs and so forth. This made others uncomfortable and we were asked to rather go…
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Not Running…Following
In February 2019, my hubby, Matt, and I made one of the biggest, most life changing decisions we have had to make until now. We decided that we are moving to Canada. We’ve spoken about moving since we got married in 2016, but I could never quite get myself to make that commitment, so we…
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a Legacy of Service
Joan van Wyk, when we hear her name many different images come to mind, most of them involving her helping or serving others in some or other way. Joan turned 90 in 2019 and her life serves as an example to anyone who aspires to live a life that matters. In summary she estimated that…
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Children’s Prayer Meeting
At Church we have a well-trained team who can attend to prayer needs of members, for commitment to Christ, forgiveness, healing or any other prayer need what so ever. After a Service someone can just meet with a team member in the Prayer Room. One evening after a Service I felt a prompting of the…
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From Gardener to Manager – Simba Chomsora
Simba Chomsora and his wife Enny runs Shikwaru on the Zambezi in Zambia. As a young couple from Zimbabwe they took the leap of faith and relocated from South Africa to Zambia and is serving God and spreading the Good News.