"Use hospitality one to another without grudging." I Peter 4:9
The men of Calvary Bible Baptist Church and Eindhoven Baptiste Kerk gathered in our home on 5 September for a joint prayer breakfast. The time of challenge was followed by a full-fledged farm breakfast which Cedric, Tony and I prepared before their arrival. I finished up scrambling the HUGE skillet of eggs just as the message that Bro. Leon brought was completed. After the meal, the men paired off to pray together.
The men of Calvary Bible Baptist Church and Eindhoven Baptiste Kerk gathered in our home on 5 September for a joint prayer breakfast. The time of challenge was followed by a full-fledged farm breakfast which Cedric, Tony and I prepared before their arrival. I finished up scrambling the HUGE skillet of eggs just as the message that Bro. Leon brought was completed. After the meal, the men paired off to pray together.The next week, we hosted BWM missionary, Amy Blackburn, before she flew out on an emergency visit to her grandfather in a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. The day of Amy's departure started very early for Tony and me, as I checked in the Durbanville Medi-Clinic Hospital for surgery. We were very thankful to receive a good report from my gynecologist, Dr. van den Heever, when he discharged me later that same day.
Thembisi and Lungile (above) set up an appointment for some counsel. We spent the afternoon of the 12th listening, counseling and praying with them. They began attending Calvary Bible Baptist this year and comment often that the Word has been ministering to their needs. The Eindhoven Baptiste Kerk church family gathered for the Heritage Day (Erfenisdag), the 24th, for a braai (barbecue). Below, Jason's dad, Clive and Tony man the braai. Even though Clive is recovering from surgery to his right shoulder, he wanted to braai!
The men enjoyed sharing this table
While the children were served at the round table, the women ate in the lounge where everyone later gathered for a time of singing and a devotional followed by tea and cake. 
We had lunch with our "daughter" Liz (below), a master's student at the University of Western Cape on Friday, the 25th. We encourage her continually to recognize God's lovingkindnesses to her throughout her years at UWC and to seek Him with all her heart.
From the University, we traveled to Tygerberg Hospital, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the southern hemisphere. We went to visit Hannes, to whom Tony has witnessed for almost 10 years. He was hit by a truck on the 6th when he collapsed on the road during an asthma attack. He sustained fractures to his skull, left shoulder, right arm and all his ribs! But God spared his life and used the 3 weeks in hospital to draw him to Himself. While visiting Hannes, we learned that he had received his discharge orders. 
Tony offered to take Hannes home, so while I waited for Tony to bring Amy's car to the hospital entrance (since our car was being used by a believer who was moving), I noticed a young man in a nearby room peering from behind a curtain around his bed. Since the nurse was busy with Hannes,
I stepped across the passage to introduce myself, but the 18 year old hesitated to even whisper his name. He showed me his armband, which simply read: "Unknown." He'd been in hospital 5 days after being shot below his sternum, through his spine. Because of the danger of further attack by his assailants, his name doesn't appear in the hospital's patient registry. When I asked him why he'd been shot, he sadly shook his head. I then asked, "Was jy in die verkeerde plek met die verkeerde mense besig met verkeerde dinge?" (Were you in the wrong place, with the wrong people doing wrong things?) He nodded. I asked him what would have happened to him if he'd been killed and then shared the gospel with him. I left him a tract, some scriptures and our phone number. Pray for this young paraplegic's salvation.
The men enjoyed sharing this tableWhile the children were served at the round table, the women ate in the lounge where everyone later gathered for a time of singing and a devotional followed by tea and cake. We had lunch with our "daughter" Liz (below), a master's student at the University of Western Cape on Friday, the 25th. We encourage her continually to recognize God's lovingkindnesses to her throughout her years at UWC and to seek Him with all her heart.From the University, we traveled to Tygerberg Hospital, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the southern hemisphere. We went to visit Hannes, to whom Tony has witnessed for almost 10 years. He was hit by a truck on the 6th when he collapsed on the road during an asthma attack. He sustained fractures to his skull, left shoulder, right arm and all his ribs! But God spared his life and used the 3 weeks in hospital to draw him to Himself. While visiting Hannes, we learned that he had received his discharge orders. Tony offered to take Hannes home, so while I waited for Tony to bring Amy's car to the hospital entrance (since our car was being used by a believer who was moving), I noticed a young man in a nearby room peering from behind a curtain around his bed. Since the nurse was busy with Hannes,I stepped across the passage to introduce myself, but the 18 year old hesitated to even whisper his name. He showed me his armband, which simply read: "Unknown." He'd been in hospital 5 days after being shot below his sternum, through his spine. Because of the danger of further attack by his assailants, his name doesn't appear in the hospital's patient registry. When I asked him why he'd been shot, he sadly shook his head. I then asked, "Was jy in die verkeerde plek met die verkeerde mense besig met verkeerde dinge?" (Were you in the wrong place, with the wrong people doing wrong things?) He nodded. I asked him what would have happened to him if he'd been killed and then shared the gospel with him. I left him a tract, some scriptures and our phone number. Pray for this young paraplegic's salvation.
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