Serving and Sowing

"For as the rain cometh down . . . from heaven . . . so shall My word . . . not return unto me void." Isaiah 55:11-12

One of the ministries we have on a day-to-day basis is showing the love of Christ to the needy people who knock on our door. One of the people that God has been bringing to us for a few years is Albert. Albert lives a few kilometers from us in Happy Valley, an ill-named area of sin and crime of every sort. He and several siblings and their children live with their parents. Only a few members in this extended household have regular employment. Albert takes an odd job wherever he can. Both he and his little brother have been receiving treatment for TB. When we share the gospel with Albert and encourage him to trust the Lord he is very attentive and often tearful and fearful over the thought of the brevity of life and the certainty of death. Tony witnessed to him again at length on Monday when they drank coffee together. Since Albert worked along side Tony all day and ate lunch with us, there was much opportunity to show him the love of Christ. He came again yesterday on his way to the clinic to get his monthly supply of antibiotics. We are praying that he will go to church with us on Sunday in Macassar where Tony will be speaking the next two Lord’s Days. Pray for Albert to trust the Lord.

During these weeks without our own church, the Lord is giving us opportunities to minister in various indigenous works. Two weeks ago Tony preached in Genadendal for Dr. Isaac Balie and I taught at the Sunday school in the afternoon.

Wednesday night, Tony preached in Macassar. Pray for the Lord to use His Word as Tony preaches 3 more times in the next two weeks for the national pastor,Cyril Adams.

Arrival in Cape Town

2 March 08

We arrived in South Africa on Friday evening at 10:30 --- 30 ½ hours after leaving from my mother’s in NC! We had a number of opportunities to share tracts with people we met, but unfortunately the seating on the airbus is grouped in two’s on the side of the plane where Tony and I were seated, which meant we didn’t have a lost seat mate to share Christ with. On the last 2 hours of the journey, we were seated in a grouping of 3 on the domestic flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Tony shared the gospel with an African businessman who promised to read John. Pray that God will bring this young father to Himself.



What a joy to see the fledging church plant of 1993 grow into an indigenous work with a national pastor and his wife and assembly standing strong (and TALL :-).


Kevin and Lydia have begun building home
“uit die saak uit” (building with cash). We've enjoyed several time of sweet fellowship with them already. We trust the Lord for grace and strength to get over the jet lag and to get settled this week. We have move the furniture and contents from two rooms we emptied for Simpsons and unpack 5 suitcases. Pray for an opportunity this week to share Christ with new neighbours who recently moved in next door.