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Wikus & Christien

              Wikus & Zandre…on the radio                               Tree-huggers on campus

Hi, from a sunny Potchefstroom, South Africa. It is very green and regularly 35 degrees at the height of summer.

We were busy setting up everything this month for staff and schools to start building a foundation for God’s kingdom in Potch and the surrounding areas. Here is the newest updates.

We found an YWAM house!

Wow, we have been searching for quite a while sifting through a lot of houses. But it was all very expensive or too far from the campus. But at last God’s blessing has come through. It looks as if it was really worth the wait. This Thursday we are moving into a four bedroom house with a flat. But we also have a very good deal on a plot(small holding) that will go through in the next month. This will give us the ability to host teams and to have place for the people that does courses in the vacation. The place we are moving in this week is enough for the staff and the people here at this stage. So it looks as if we will have two YWAM houses we will work from shortly. One will be a staff house and one house  can take staff and teams. Praise the Lord!
Staff news

We had fun with Franzi from Switserland who visited us the last 2 ½ weeks. She really was a blessing for us and the students. Yesterday the students gave her a nice Birthday party. She provided the real Swiss fondue! Pray for her as she travel for a while in SA and return to her land of cheese and chocolate!

Jackie and Luisa arrived also this month, and they are settling in school and in town. They need some grace with internet, school, and adapting here. Jackie says the people of Potch are very friendly. They will stay with us in the YWAM house. Please pray for them as they have a vision for African ladies and for Botswana.

Talking on the radio

I was invited to talk on Radio Puk. It was very nice and I looked over Angus Buchan speaking to the students as I was interviewed. The students packed the Amphitheatre with 3000+ to listen to Angus! .This is a sign that the students are open for Jesus and His Power!  Zandre interviewed me, he was a missionary kid, a YWAM-kid  and it went well. There is about 6000 people listening to this station and I got a call the next day from somebody needing ministry.

I am also talking to a Men’s student hostel of over 200 early in March and we hope God gives us favor. Pray that we make inroads as we are mobilizing missionaries for God’s kingdom.

Possible teams coming

We are getting a possible team of 6 around April and also in July both teams are from Northern America. We hope that we will be a good destination for teams and that they will help the ministries in the poorer areas. We pray that a lot of people will come into God’s kingdom in this time.

Course we are planning

Christienand her team is starting with a TPM course early in March and maybe another one in April. The rest of us are planning a possible mini-DTS in April. At this stage we have 7 full time staff and three part time staff that help us out where they can. We hope that we can build as many relationships as possible and show the good quality of courses available in YWAM.

Holy Spirit weekend

In April we are planning a Holy Spirit weekend with Stefaan Hugo. He already visited 71 countries teaching on the Holy Spirit. We pray for 100 people present at this camp. Stefaan is also the SA and the Islands YWAM leader. It promises to be a life changing experience.

 more details on : http://ywampotch.com

Weekly community meeting

On Thursday evenings we have community meetings. Everyone Welcome!!

 We rent a very nice hall walking distance from the university students. We praise God for this privilege and it is even a better hall and closer than the one we imagined. We already had two meetings and there was a lot of joy and excitement. We are still smallish but we believe it will grow every week.

Prayer topics:

·         All the courses we initiate: 2 TPM courses in March and April and the mini dts. Also a full time TPM course in June-July. And the University DTS we plan for November.

·         The Holy Spirit weekend. It is just after the holiday and we hope it will be a breakthrough for Potch. We might also receive people from Tukkies.

·         The community meeting. That we will meet more and more people and the the Holy Spirit will be there even more powerful.

·         For our finances. Through all the hustle and bustle we had a very tough time financially. We need a few more sponsors if we can stay in full time ministry long term. But we trust God.

Blessings from us and hope you are enjoying life and prospering!

Wikus, Christien, Job, Andrea, Jonathan, Elandri and Josua Vorster

Contact us !

Phone: Wikus 084 5490914 / Christien 082 9666753

New Address: Wilgen Street 39A or Woordkafee

Email: ywampotch @gmail.com 

FaceBook: ywam potchefstroom / WikusChristien Vorster

Account details: “Potchefstroom Abundant Life Ministries” 912 0458 116 Savings acc ABSA Tom Str.

PayPal (easy internet donations): http://www.ywampotch.com/donate.html

BLOG: http://wikuschristien.blogspot.com/

*NEW Website: http://ywampotch.com

     On their way to athletics!

Job and Andrea went with me to Angus Buckan

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