Newsletter June 2012
Wikus
& Christien
Newsletter
June 2012
DEAR Friends
Praise God for amazing things He is doing. It is windy,
rainy and cold, mixed with lovely winter days here in Worcester. For the first
six months we trusted the Lord to teach us Himself whatever He wanted to do. We
learnt a lot from base life and the individuals God sent across our path.
New things on our plate
Christien was appointed as the “mother” for housing on the base. As quite a bit of
people stay on the base it is a responsible job to be busy with. She is meeting
a lot of people and making new friends, especially people from other nations
that is not at the forefront of the base-meetings in general, but very powerful
missionaries in a humble way.
It is a new season for Christien to understand all
the administrative things on the base. It also includes all the visa
requirements and all kinds of day to day challenges people can face. It is very
good for us to see the everyday life and challenges and it is a very good
preparation for us.
And the family?
My father had a serious heart operation and I had
to fly back to Johannesburg to visit him. It went very well although he was in
severe discomfort for a while. When I left he could go home and everything was
fine although he still has to be quiet for 6 weeks.
The kids are very happy at school and are doing
well. It is a great help that we stay in a house where there is enough room for
everybody. The kids are playing often at the base and is staying over with friends
enjoying themselves.
The next term?
Wikus is starting with the school of Apostolic
pioneering (SOAP). This is a leadership course in Ywam about church planting.
We get teachers from India, America and other places. It promises to be high
class training in the latest trends of mission. This will last till the end of
September.
In October I will teach (hopefully with a team) a
month seminar on the Theophostic prayer ministry here on the base. We hope that
it will make great impact to help people get breakthroughs in their personal
relationship with God. We had quite a few counseling that we did in the last
few weeks. We will have to see if we will be able to do any counseling while
we’re busy with courses.
Gangsters
We hope to equip some teachers at the schools with
skills to do counseling with gang related problems. If these young people can
have an encounter with Jesus and they can see hope for their future they can
change. Please pray for this as we need God’s favor on this plan. We hope to
equip some teachers during the October training.
Struggles
We had to put our Combi through the test again.
Each year the car has to be retested because it transports people. Before they
want to pass the car I have to fix about R6000 on the car. At this stage we
fixed half but with the new soap school coming up there is a lot of strain on
our finances as we also fell behind with the kids schools. Luckily we only have
struggles in this department and we trust God to see us through.
Hospital evangelism
I prayed for about five cancer patients. We wait to
see what the end will be but there was a lot of presence from God. As it was
mostly in the hospital it is difficult to say what the end result was but my
faith for healing increased tremendously.
Plans for Potch
We just received news that a very talented artist
are joining us next year at Potch for Ywam. I am so excited about the amount of
presence we have in our meetings from God. I am convinced that something very
special is going to happen next year. Afcourse there is challenges. Challenges
is a part of growth and not always bad, but through it all we are growing in
all kinds of ways. We have been changed at the core of our being and we can
constantly feel how change takes place.
Please pray with us for…
ü
Wikus’s SOAP course that will be the next 3
months.
ü
Christien’s responsibilities as housing
organizer.
ü
For the TPM course/seminar and visiting
Johannesburg (TPM conference during
October)
ü
The children who are also being challenged each
on a different level.
ü
Clear guidance for our next steps this year.
ü
That the Lord helps us to have the right DNA for
spiritual growth.
ü
For Wikus’s dad’s health and recovery.
Blessings and please keep contact , we will be
happy to pray with you for your prayer requests…
Wikus Christien Job Andrea Jonathan Elandri and Josua
Keep
Contact :
Phone: Wikus 0845490914 / Christien 0829666753
New Address: YWAM Worcester Base
Email: ywampotch@gmail.com
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WORDS for the month
“The God of peace will soon crush Satan
under your feet” Rom 16:20a
“Only in returning to me and resting in
me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence in your strength” Is 30:15b
Praying for the lovely kids at the blind school
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