Wazzup y’all!
Alison is feeling better, thank you Jesus. Thank you everyone who said any prayers for her during the past couple days. She spent some time resting, catching up on any last minute jet lag that she didn’t finish getting during the process. So thats good.
Sorry we haven’t been able to write more. Internet accessibility is just not the same here as it is in America. Que Asco!
Anywho...So the last two days have been pretty awesome. Basically on Tuesday, Alison and I finished up doing a lot of organizing for Ignite South Africa. There was a ton of resources that we had organized for them, and we’re so glad to help out with them because this provides their coaches and their pastors with TONS of resources to learn more about the Gospel, ways to minister, evangelism techniques, etc. Basically anything involving Jesus, there’s a book on it that they have which is pretty awesome.
Yesterday (Wednesday) was an amazing day. The day was filled with last minute packing, organizing and the pastors conference. The pastors conference was so sick. I wish everyone could have been there to see it. The Holy Spirit spoke through June, Jill, Abram and everyone else who spoke at the conference. It was so cool because just over 90 Pastors, leaders, church members, and anyone else who just wanted to know more about Jesus showed up to a local church in the middle of Qwa Qwa. Topics such as gifts of the spirit, fruit of the spirit, healing, and raising up hope in the community, etc. were talked about and preached, which was awesome to hear. It’s just great to see this ministry doing amazing work in the city because the Holy Spirit talked a lot about hope and how the people in the city should not settle for poverty, or sickness, or anything that might overtake them and belittle them or make them weak. That Jesus died so we can live. That he conquered death, and defeated Satan in the process. That its Him who we need to be focused on, and His rising from the grave that gave us any and all power to remove sickness from our body to heal us. It’s Him who provides for us, and that life in Jesus is bigger than this poverty that they’re living in, and they should continue to trust in Him and not ‘settle’. I wish everyone could have been there to hear what the Holy Spirit said through June, Jill and Abram.
The coaches that are part of Ignite are amazing. There are about 15 colored coaches who work for Ignite that are citizens of South Africa and members of the city and community that they witness to. These coaches go into the schools in Qwa Qwa to teach the students about drugs, abstinence, etc. incorporating the gospel into this. The point of this is to reduce pregnancies outside of marriage, drug problems, etc. that might continue their path in poverty so they can find hope and a purpose, and to rise above. The coaches are so cool. They all talked to us for hours, shared some laughs, ate some good African food with them, and talked about Jesus. Amazing amazing amazing. If they’re reading this, we love you all. Such great people and friends.
We just got into Cape Town today. Casey and Sarah are so funny. I’ll let Alison talk more about them.
peace out
Doug
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