Newsletter Nov 2014
"In repentance and rest is your salvation - in quietness and trust is your strength " Jes 30:15a
YWAM Potchefstroom base
Wikus & Christien
News
Nov 2014
Dear Friends
This month we
share more about our YWAM vision and the DTS that’s currently running. Enjoy!
Clear Water Revival:
When Wikus was 19 God gave him this
picture: God showed him a big flood, the
water was everywhere but very brown and murky. The words came: “So were
previous revivals”,Then it changed to a smaller clear mountain stream, he got
the impression that God was more interested in the purity of the revival and
move of the Holy Spirit than in a big murky flood. I believe this referred to
small intentional life groups. Later on we became involved with Ywam and it
became clear that we can do DTS’s that multiplies revival based on scripture
and clear revelation of the Holy Spirit.
Our Focus:
When somebody has a
life-giving relationship with Jesus it will multiply naturally, but
discipleship is needed to help create this life-giving relationship. We want to
disciple the community with DTS’s (YWAM Discipleship Training Schools) and
there model an intentional discipleship lifestyle. Matt 28:18-20.
Northwest University was the last
Christian university in SA, then forbidden to be one by the government.
There are lots of Christian students around, hungry
for God’s will in their lives. Every DTS student are trained to start life
groups where they disciple 7-12 individuals into their God given destiny.
POTCHEFSTROOM
Potchefstroom
is 100 km west of Johannesburg and hour and ½ from the international airport. There is 26
tousand full time students on the local University campus. There is 200 thousand
students on the 10 different campuses of 4 major universities in the northern
area of Gauteng, surrounding Potch.
Countries reached:
Our
DTS of 2013/14 already did outreach in our local community, our neighboring university
cities and also to Russia. The plan is to go to Madagascar and Mauritius for
outreach this year’s DTS group. We also reached out to Washington DC
ministering in churches and small groups about the Freedom in Christ. The plan
is to extent our counseling ministry to other cities in our area this year as
well as in Washington DC.
We want Jesus followers that lives a devoted
mission focused, soul winning discipleship lifestyle as they make their dreams
come true.
How
is the DTS doing?
We started on
Friday the 21st with our second YWAM Discipleship Training School. We have 13
students and we have people from Mauritius, Madagascar, South-Korea,
South-Africa, USA, Netherlands, Russia and Brazil involved in the DTS. Further
we have 7 different South African people groups: Pedi, Shangaan, Xhosa, Sotho,
Swazi, Tswana and Afrikaners. We have many people groups represented and basically
everyone is from a different people group. We can see that God is raising up
leaders and we have a start from all different people groups. 5 of the 13 are university
students and will probably go into the different spheres of society like Engineering,
Psychology,etc. We thank God for the privilege to work with all these people.
We are now currently renting 2 houses and it starts to feel more and more like
a base and the atmosphere are really warm. We look forward to this journey of 3
months where we will stand before God together. There is a tangible excitement
and expectation about what God is going to do. I am excited with them and we
are glad for the second building block God has given us in our journey as a
base. Please pray with us.
More
about Wikus & Christien
We are a
family with 5 children, focused on missions since we married 18 years ago. We
did ministry in the poor African areas close to our city and we did home churches,
prayer groups, helped pre-schools and HIV Orphans. We are doing the YWAM
ministry in Potch since 2009. Our focus it to mobilize university students for
missions. To train leaders in the community and to disciple their communities.
We have a strong counseling ministry, student bible studies and a YWAM
Student’s house. We host outreach teams or volunteers, train YWAM courses and
we do a lot of personal discipleship.
Our needs:
·
We need personal
support for our family. As YWAM staff we do not get payment from training YWAM
courses. We have to raise all our support ourselves.
·
We will
appreciate a monthly commitment from different individuals. With 5 kids it is a
constant challenge to meet our monthly needs and our 2 oldest kids are also
approaching university age. We are praying for persons that are willing to
partner with this Ywam ministry in Africa. We believe this ministry is making
and will continue to make a big difference in this area.
Please pray about your
contribution and let us know.
·
Payment: Using PayPal is easy and safe. See
the PAYPAL link on our website’s DONATION page. http://ywampotch.com > Donations
Thank you so much - We will love
to stay in contact with you.
·
Please send
us your email address, then you will receive monthly updates, prayer and
prophetic words.
Blessings
Wikus & Christien, Job ( 17), Andrea
(16), Jonathan(12) Elandri (12) and Josua(11) Vorster
Contact details
Phone: Wikus (+27) 084 5490914 Christien
082 9666753
Address: Parys Ave 60 Potchefstroom 2531
South Africa
YWAM house: Esselen Street 6
Bult, Potchefstroom South Africa
Email: ywampotch @gmail.com PHOTOS - visit our FaceBook pages: Ywam Potchefstroom ; WikusChristien Vorster
Account details: Potch Abundant Life Ministries 9120458116
Savings acc ABSA, Steve Biko Str.
Website: ywampotch.com
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