“The Lord has challenged me through the people here to share my faith fearlessly and, rely on God for all my needs.” Ryan Miller “I have been challenged by the two J-Life staff ministering in the extension #23 township community in their service to bring people into the kingdom. I am convicted that I too…

The Tuckers arrived safe and sound late last night. It is great having them here with us. Jordan Abrahamse is especially excited that Ramsey is here. Today was a day for us to take a rest and take in some of the local culture. We went to a lion park in Johannesburg and observed many…

Part of the team went back to the township for the day. We were able to do some minor repairs to the church site, and we got the new door installed the 15 year old girl’s home that I had mentioned yesterday. Glenda, Karen and Kim spent the morning helping take care of children at…

Today brought a full day of construction work and ministry. Karen Meyer and Glenda Widmer with the orphanage director and some of the children. A team of seven people went back into Heidelberg at Extension #23 to work with the church ministry. They spent the day visiting the orphanage, interacting with children, doing small fix-it…

Today we worship with our new South Africa friends. We divided the group in half so that we could attend two separate services. One group went to “Uniting Reformed Church”, an older established church in Belfour, a township in Siyathemba. There we were welcomed by a congregation of about 100 who worshipped in the Sotho,…

With our bodies not yet knowing we are in South Africa, most of the team was up between the hours of 4 -5AM. Groups started forming and exploring as soon as the sun was up. Camp Eden is approximately 5000 ft above sea level surrounded by lower level mountains, so like little boys, up the…

The South Africa team arrived in Johannesburg on schedule after a 15+ hour plane ride from Atlanta. We flew through 8 time zones so our body clocks are a little messed up right now. The flight was pretty full so we were not able to move around much. At the airport we were met by…