July DTS

We are really excited about our July DTS. The students are on fire for God and are all eager to go deeper with Him. Last week the lecture subject was God's Redemptive Plan from Genesis to Revelation and on most days the students didn't want lecture to end. This week we start the subject of Spiritual Disciplines based on the book Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster. It is another foundational week and very important. This week the students also begin a focus in Phokeng on prayer. The children in Phokeng are struggling to pray their own thoughts and feelings to the Lord. They are used to repeating the Lord's prayer or specific prayers for food and such. We have shared with Him the gospel message many times, but something has been missing in terms of prayer. This term our focus is to show them how they can have a personal relationship with Jesus and pray to Him straight from their heart. This is an exciting time for us!

The Building Project

In early June we were blessed with the help and finances for the interior primer from a high school team from Holland. They spent one day in Phokeng painting the interior walls with some of the older children from the program. At the end of June the Harlem Baptist team helped to complete the primer work and we are now ready to put some color on the walls. We still have doors and windows to put in and if all goes as we hope that should be done in early August. Thank you to all who have helped with this building. It is such a blessing!

Harlem Baptist Church

We had the privilege of hosting Pastor Philip Vestal and his team from Harlem Baptist Church in June and had a wonderful time. Harlem Baptist has been a prayer supporter to the ministry for nearly 5 years and were so happy that they were able to come and be a part of the work here. During their week in South Africa they served the people of Phokeng, Freedom Park, and the Lighthouse and they were a blessing to us all! They painted, distributed blankets & food, and shared the message of Christ. Pastor Philip got to lead some of the men to Christ at the local AIDS Hospice and the team got to minister to those who were sick in the local villages. They did a 2 day VBS with our kids in Phokeng and we know it was a great experience for our children. Our prayer is that many seeds were planted this week in the hearts of the people. It was a great week and we look forward to the Georgia team returning one day.

January DTS

The January DTS was a great success. We saw so much growth in the students during the lecture phase and God opened many doors during the Botswana outreach where they were able to share His message of love and hope. During outreach the students were able to evangelize door-to-door and in crusades, preach in churches, pray with patients in hospitals, work in an orphanage, and much more. The students left the first week of June and already we miss them greatly. One student will be joining us this month to staff our new DTS and another has applied to come back in January. Our desire in running DTS programs is to build into the lives of young people, equipping them in God's Word and teaching them spiritual disciplines they can apply throughout their life time. We long to see more Africans walking in devotion to Christ and reaching out to the lost on this continent. Our prayer is that we will continue to grow in intimacy with God and be empowered by the Holy Spirit to reveal the power and love of Jesus Christ to the world.