I told a friend recently that if I could go back in time and choose to not go through 2020, I would still go through it all over again. Why?
Because in the midst of trials and uncertainty, we have seen God move so powerfully both in our own hearts and lives, as well as in the lives of the churches and people we’ve been able to minister to this year.
Sometimes it takes a global pandemic and a shutdown of all major entertainment worldwide to shake us and help us realize how far we’ve actually drifted away from God and from living a life of complete obedience and devotion to Him and for Him.
There’s so many things happening in the world screaming for our attention. We must remember the hope we have in Him and keep our eyes fixed on Him, rather than fixing our eyes on the media and the world around us.
By God’s grace, opportunities to advance His Kingdom have continued to open up for us here in South Africa. While international travel became nearly impossible this year, we’ve still been able to travel this country and share God’s Word in churches across South Africa.
As we’ve ministered, we’ve seen such a hunger for the Lord and such an awareness of how great He is and how worthy He is to be praised and worshiped. We’ve also seen an outpouring of earnest repentance before the Lord as He has convicted hearts to fully turn back to Him.
The ministry school continues to produce disciples that are passionate and on fire for the Lord, and we are sending many of our interns and graduates into various roles within churches and congregations across the country. It’s incredible to see so much fruit from the school as many former graduates are now leading churches and church plants as well.
We are also now prayerfully exploring how to multiply the ministry school and create similar schools and experiences in other countries in Africa and beyond where we already have partnerships with healthy churches. The harvest is plentiful, and our burden in the Lord is to raise up and equip a movement of disciple-makers in the nations.
As this year draws to a close and we reflect with thanksgiving, we are overwhelmed with the awareness of how awesome and glorious our God is. And our prayer for each one of you reading this update is for you to truly know the Lord and His great love, and that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
God bless you!