After a flight to Kenya and then on to Zambia…

It was deeply disturbing to stand in a place where a culture systematically attempted to eliminate an entire race of people.

God moves when people pray.

We just finished serving at a J-Life celebration at the newly finished meeting hall. About 60 J-Life supporters and our team ate breakfast together and heard an updated presentation on the ministry. After working here for a week, it really unified the ministry of the 17 countries in which J-Life has a presence. It gave…

It rained last night for the first time since we have been here. God has been good in giving us ideal weather (we are dealing with 80 degree temps with lots of sunshine…sorry) to work. We had our doubts about whether the remade trusses would arrive, but the majority of them were delivered by midmorning….

“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,…