News and Prayer
10 February 2012
Dear Friends
There really is no end to the depth of the Word … there is always something new emerging! Like Philippians 2:6 …. Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, ….
At the Chairos women's group (photo of activity done) we shared with one another that God left the highest heavens and descended to the deepest depths when He died for us on the cross … we had a step ladder as a symbol … meaning that on the one side you could go up to the heights and on the other side down to the depths, thinking about sin and HOW Jesus came and climbed down into our situation to deliver of us that.
We read about a man who, in a poor country, met a very poor boy; he was malnourished, had a big belly and his hair was discoloured to orange due to malnutrition ...... the women knew about hair discolouring when you do not have food to eat .... When the man was enjoying a good meal with his friends, he suddenly wondered what it would be like to be in that boy's body for only a year ... he failed in this introspection, and the women also realised that we might not be brave enough for such a fate…
Christ did just that .... the pain that we would suffer, could never match the pain He had to suffer on the cross ... therefore He knows how to help!! We never humiliate ourselves enough to be able to bear such a level of pain ... PRAY that this message will never age ... and that everybody who hears it, will respond and make it their own.
Jacob, Erik, Chris and Pieter could attend the meeting in Opuwo with the leaders in the Kunene region and present agricultural projects with the purpose of starting a new project on a resettlement farm in our vicinity. PRAY that the process of approval will not be stumped along the line.
After much creative thinking, as well as negotiations with the matron of the hostel, Maria acquired permission to get the girls together for dancing, choir singing and drama. This afternoon we will also include another activity to increase the sense of sociability. PRAY for Maria and her husband Ludwig ... Ludwig helps at the primary school hostel during the week.
The inter-denominational group plan be keep a prayer chain going right through the night and want to do something different each week to draw our attention to prayer. They phone each other in great excitement when someone's prayer has been answered .... must say, it means SO MUCH to me, and for our small group there is a challenge in it to hear the voice of God and to obey Him.
Christ was obedient into death ...
Wilma
Regards from the Kunene team
5 February 2012
Dear Friends
LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITIES. LET US PRAY THAT GOD WILL LET IT GROW.
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Our children's club. Mandie is talking about the Bible which is the text book of our lives. |  |
The women's group in town had a meeting. | |
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The get-together at Vreugde and other farms. |  |
An opportunity to share. |
The topic was “Prayer, a Powerful Whisper” and Marianne and Estelle presented AMOS “SPEELPRET” at the pre-primary classes. Estelle and I had the opportunity to attend 8 pre-primary classes, where Estelle also presented “SPEELPRET”.
We dream about activities for children on all the farms, even if there are only three children. We are experiencing that more and more women are willing to take it upon themselves....... May the Lord bless this!
Please pray for me to find somebody who would be willing to help the youngsters at the children's club with homework, especially in Maths and Physical Science.
This week Jacob will be going out to Opuwo for an agricultural action meeting on Friday. Erik wants to join him to go and see to the borehole project at Ondiye.
Please pray that I will find confirmation with the Lord for the continuation of an action.
I read about three things which are true in a crisis:
- God is near
- He seeks us activily .... He comes nearer to us
- He speaks .... He gives understanding and peace
IN SHORT: God gives LIGHT ... may it be our prayer for this week not to depend upon our own insight.
Wilma
Regards from the Kunene team
29 January 2012
Dear Friends
Let us support Bede from Opuwo in prayer, while she is in isolation at Horeb, Swartbooisdrift this week. The photograph shows Bede with a baby who was named after her when she and Jacob visited Alfeus in the south of Angola. May Bede find God's words on the wind.
The other photo shows a baptism of children and adults at Alfeus in Angola.
On Saturday a youth group from Otjiwarongo, named TICK, came over and Jacob presented the Gift course. It is good to know that the group will be functioning according to their gifts of the Spirit and we pray that God will bless them.
Ludwig and Maria, together with the catechism students from the Dutch Reformed Church, are busy planning to reach out to the children in the high school hostel to draw their attention to the services on Sunday. Pray for contact moments when they meet ….
Next week's events: Marianne and Estelle will help to motivate the Amos play groups on the farms, Estelle and I will be visiting the church play groups in town, as well as Ditsa women's group on Monday evening. I have a new helper, Mandie, at the children's club, and she is really on the ball. Jacob will be visiting the Seringkop activities.
A lady friend reminded me of Hosea 10:12 at the right moment: “Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until He comes and showers His righteousness on you”.
It is very important to know under all circumstances that what we are doing is His will, to seek it constantly, and to pray that He will shower His righteousness on all our activities.
Wilma
Regards from the Kunene team
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