The Home front
Our family is doing well and continue to enjoy
being part of the J-Life family at Camp Eden. We are constantly learning what
it means to be parents to Ndumiso who is now a busy 3 year old. He has recently
taken to climbing which has both pro’s and con’s for living on a farm. We are
extremely blessed to have him grow up in this environment and he loves it!
Jesus commissioned us to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt 28:18-20). As a family we are currently fulfilling this call through discipling J-Life trainees and training them to “make disciples who make disciples”.
Jesus commissioned us to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt 28:18-20). As a family we are currently fulfilling this call through discipling J-Life trainees and training them to “make disciples who make disciples”.
The Youth Worker program
We have just completed our first of 3
training intensives in the Youth Worker Program. The participants spent 6 weeks
learning to be disciples, live like disciples and make disciples. It is such an
honour and privilege for us to disciple and equip them to make disciples. We
aim to model and instil the character and priorities of Jesus for life and
ministry. Over the 6 weeks we spent time doing that through lectures, spending
time in community, small group studies, morning prayer, exercise and serving
together.
Scripture
Union
We had 3 trainers from SU who spent a week
equipping our interns for School and Children’s Ministry. Scripture Union has a rich history of being
active in schools as well as running excellent Holiday Bible Clubs. The training
given will enable our interns to run Christian groups and present life skills
lessons in schools. They also have the tools to plan and run a Holiday Bible
Club for kids in their community.
The interns were given an opportunity to practice what they learnt during their time with Scripture Union Trainers. We visited 2 different high schools in the area where they presented life skills lessons to Grades 7, 8 and 9 classes.
Observation
Visits
Part of our learning comes from others who
are in the trenches of youth ministry. This intensive we visited JAM Youth at
Selcourt Methodist, Springs. We were able to chat to Enoch (J-Life 2015) about
their strategy to reach and disciple the youth of Springs and the surrounding
suburbs.
We also visited Encouter Youth, a ministry
of Everynation Rosebank and got to learn from Mark and Debbie Tittley, veteran
youth workers.
Thank you to both groups for the investment
into our interns and sharing how you reach and disciple teens in your
communities.
Regional
Directors Meetings
I (Bhuti) attended the J-Life Africa regional
directors meetings held here at Camp Eden, 7-11 Feb. This was to learn more
about my interim role as regional director. In this role I will be looking
after our J-Life Mozambique Country Leader, Chico.
We spent time planning together for the regional summits which will take place in four host countries across the continent.
We are excited to see what the Lord is doing and is about to do in our beloved Africa.
We spent time planning together for the regional summits which will take place in four host countries across the continent.
We are excited to see what the Lord is doing and is about to do in our beloved Africa.
Please join us in prayer for…
-financial provision for our family (We
currently need to raise more support in order to meet our monthly budget for
living and ministry expenses).
-for the trainees to grow as disciples and
to make disciples
-for our team as we disciple the trainees
-open doors to conduct training in new areas (expand
our influence)
-a movement of disciple-making across the
continent
