We are excited to share with you the first edition of our new on-line newsletter! From now on all our newsletters will be available at this site. Please feel free to add your own comments or suggestions!More about us
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Livingstone
It is winter in Livingstone. We love the cold season with its mild weather. We can actually tolerate a duvet on our bed! It's great to snuggle up and sweat a little less!! Days are wonderfully mild - not too hot, not too cold, just PERFECT!
Short Term Outreach
Each year, during the winter holiday (June/July on this side of the world!) a team from our sending church (River of Life Family Church, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) visits us for a short term outreach. We visit village churches that our sending church has planted together with a local ministry, Signs and Wonders. We focus on showing the Jesus film and children's ministry. This year the team (Arthur, Piet, Herbert, Alta, ML, Martinette & Werner together with local translators) visited the villages of Sejamba, Njai, Monyonga, Mungambwa, Kazuzi and Bwina. God used them in an incredible way. We stand in awe of all that God has done! I am working on a series of articles about the outreach that includes testimonies of the wonderful things
that happened. It will be posted on this blog in the near future! In short, we saw a lot of people saved, miraculously healed and delivered. Not only was it a life-changing event for the villagers, but also for the team that came. Arthur presented material by Mike Petzer on Righteousness by Faith. This proved to be a life-changing, paradigm-shifting teaching to the team members. You can order Mike Petzer's book(s) at http://www.livinghopefamilychurch.org/ - it is a book we highly recommend!Birthday Party
Back in Livingstone we're preparing for the boys' "Outer Space" birthday party! Hugian turned six on 25 June and Louis will be four on 30 July. The BIG EVENT will happen on 14 July. I go completely overboard when it comes to birthday parties, and this year will be no different. I'm sure I have everybody in the house excited by now! We will post some photos after the party.
Upcoming Trips
We're planning to go to South Africa end of August. Arthur will help present another Elijah House course in Lydenburg and I will have the opportunity to attend our sending church's Women's Conference. We're looking forward to these events - we're sure God has GREAT PLANS in store for us! After the Women's Conference we fly out to Hong Kong for about ten days to visit some of our supporters - my brother and his wife. It will be our first time to leave the African continent, so that's exciting!
School's Cool!
Our "regular readers" will know that I am homeschooling our two boys, using Sonlight Curriculum. We have a break right now, but it will be back to books on Monday 16 July! Louis still attends Busy Bees twice a week (lots of fun!). Hugian and his three friends have school five days a week, doing first grade. Arthur and I are both amazed and VERY PROUD of how well he and his friends are doing!
Please Pray For Us
We covet your prayers! Please continue to pray for us, especially for the following:
Pray that the seed of the Word that has been planted during the outreach will continue to grow and bear much fruit.
Pray for Arthur's next visit to the village churches 18-22 July. Pray for a safe trip. Pray that the people's hearts will be prepared for the teaching Arthur will bring. Pray for me and the children who will stay behind.
We are trusting God to increase our ministry opportunities. Please pray with us that His will be done.
Pray for the team that has just left Zambia. Pray that the work God has begun in them will be completed.
Until next time then!
Arthur, Liezl, Hugian & Louis
