Love from South Africa

  Last week, we had the opportunity to partner with a group of 37 second year students from the Word of Life Bible Institute in New York as they came for their second year Missions Reality trip. Our goal was to give them a taste of the reality of full-time missions. While they were here, we had the opportunity to partner with other churches, organization & ministries in addition to introducing them to the different ministries that Word of Life South Africa does. The week in review... SATURDAY - We started out our first day taking half the group to Witbank, a city 2 hours away, in order to help one of our partnering churches in one of the townships to build a fence around their property. The other team went to Zakariyya Park, a community about an hour away, to work with a church where one of our alumni leads the youth group. There, the team ran a one day Holiday Bible Club for the children in the community. SUNDAY - Our team went in 3 different directions, some to Grac...

What an amazing time we had in Mozambique serving alongside the Word of Life team there. Every year, they partner with a local Christian school to run a camp for their high school students. One of the most exciting parts of these camps is the opportunity to share the gospel with these students, many of which come from difficult family backgrounds & either non-Christian or Muslim homes. The first camp was for grades 7-9 & the second camp was for grades 10-12. Between the two camps, we had a total of about 100 students. The theme of our camp this year was ‘Do Something’ & we challenged the campers to take action in their walk with the Lord. Our whole team of 13 staff, interns, & young adults agreed that this is one of the most difficult camps we’ve worked at as we counseled teens who were really struggling in different areas but praise the Lord for providing us with the strength & wisdom we needed to minister to each camper’s needs. Some had been coming for year...