Love from South Africa

It’s been a while since our last update and we sure have a lot to share. These past several months have been nonstop with several leaders trainings, an alumni reunion, our staff retreat, a camp, and lots in between. We have had so much opportunity to continue to build and invest into leaders, teens and young adults who will continue to make disciples where they are. Leaders Mid-Year Training Our mid-year conference is always a great time to see how the leaders are doing at the halfway point in the    year. We are thankful for the opportunity to continue to train and learn from how they are doing things as well.   T hato had the opportunity to share about how to intentionally reach out to Gen Z youth and we had some great discussions amongst the leaders as to how to continue growing in how we minister to youth. Hazyview Leaders Training We also had the opportunity to do a leaders training with several churches in Mpumalang organised by one of our alumni. it is always nice to see that h

The last few months have been action-packed and filled with different ministry opportunities. Throughout the months of June and July we were able to hold 2 conferences, 2 satellite camps, host a missions team from the States, and serve at our church's Holiday Bible Club. Women of Worth Conference We started off the month of June with our first Women of Worth Conference for the year. As always it was an awesome time gathering with about 60 women young and old from 20 different churches. Our theme this year is Priscilla: Preserver of the Faith. We focused on practical aspects of discipleship and apologetics and how it should look in our daily lives and in our churches. It was so encouraging to receive feedback on how they were challenged in these areas and are seeking to grow and implement the things they learned. Holiday Bible Club At our local church, the last time we had Holiday Bible Club was before COVID started so it was great to have it again. I was able to lead a team of game

The last 2 months have been spent doing camp in Mozambique, preparing for upcoming camps and events, and spending some special time with Ashley's family in addition to our weekly ministries and discipleship. Mozambique Missions Trip The trip to Mozambique went great. We had 60 campers who came from Trichard School and 10 trusted in Christ Jesus as their personal Saviour. The theme for camp was “come and see”. The speakers were me, two of our alumni, Paulo and Xolani, and Pastor Thiago who partners with Word of Life Mozambique. At the end of camp at we have the campers work together with their team to present a song on what they have learned from camp. The teams always do great in presenting their song to other campers. When school re-opens, Miss Wilma, one of the teachers we work with, would ask the students who went to camp to present their songs at assembly to the whole school. I wanted to share one of the song’s lyrics with you. Here are the lyrics: Verse 1 Come and see, the One

We've had a great start to the year with our staff conference, several leaders training conferences, and starting up all our various ministries for the year. Staff Conference We started off the year with our annual Staff Conference where we gathered with our team from both locations for a week of encouragement, brainstorming, and preparing for the year ahead as we also spent time together. The Lord has really challenged us as a team to make sure that as a small team, we are focused on the things the Lord wants us to focus in on and that we serve whole-heartedly and with excellence. We are so thankful for the team the Lord has blessed us with and excited for the year ahead as we continue to come alongside local churches, raise up the next generation of leaders, and reach youth and kids with the gospel. The harvest is plentiful. Leaders Kickoff Conferences In the month of February we had an opportunity to do training for youth leaders in four different locations. We focused our train

Happy New Year! We hope you had a great end to your year as we celebrated the gift of Jesus coming to earth and another year he has blessed us with. We ended off the year with a bang with our last Women of Worth Conference for the. year in November, Kids Camp and Teens Camp in December and the graduation of our Genesis students. It was a great finish to the year and we are grateful for all God did. In November we held our last Women of Worth Conference for the year. We had a wonderful time fellowshipping and learning with women from so many different churches and enjoyed catching up with some of our alumni who attended as well. It was also encouraging to see so many attending one of our conferences for the first time and to hear how God encouraged and challenged them through it. We look forward to see how God continues to help us grow relationships with different local churches through these conferences so we can continue to serve them and come alongside of them in ministry. We are so

A lot has happened since our last update. We went from being a family of 3 to a family of 4, Thato traveled to Cape Town for a student missions trip, and we had the opportunity to be a part of our church's missions conference. Welcoming Baby Aria On August 6, we welcomed our precious Aria Nyakallo (meaning 'joy' in Sotho) into the world! We are so thankful to the Lord for a smooth delivery and a beautiful, healthy baby girl. She really has brought much joy to our family and her big sister loves her. Shortly after Aria's birth, my parents were able to come visit from the Bahamas to enjoy some time with their newest grandbaby. We had a great time with boh of our famies as they helped us settle a bit into the new normal but it was very special to bond and do things with family as we celebrated Aria’s arrival. Once my family left, we learned to adjust to our new normal as a family of 4. It definitely took some getting used to but we are grateful to the Lord for helping us t