Home front
Its March already, where did the time GO!?!As a family we are grateful to God for the countless opportunities He gives us to serve him by walking alongside young people. There is something about working with young people that revives your HOPE. When you see the talent, gifts, heart and potential these passionate young people have, you see a better tomorrow. We are also VERY grateful to you who support and pray for us. May the Lord bless you.
We are also grateful to the Lord for good health that allowed us to serve without any hiccups during this season. The boys are doing well.
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| A Community of Christ Followers... or A Bunch of Disciples |
On the 11th of January we welcomed 10 J-Life
Trainees on our GC2 Internship (GC2 = Great Commandment and Great Commission)
and 3 Semester Abroad Students from Bethel University. Over the next 6 weeks this
group of young people lived together at Camp Eden, our training centre.
Youth Workers
Of the 10 Youth Workers we had on our first training intensive, 8 are
committed to finishing the year with us. The other 2 will serve at their
churches and be involved in other internships throughout the year. The J-Life 2020 community was blessed to be part of Jordan and Mika's journeys, we wish them all the best on the rest of their Gap Year journey.
Please pray that we will have discernment and wisdom as we journey with our 8 Youth Workers. We realise that all of them are unique and at different stages of their journey, we need to meet each of them where they are. Pray also that the churches where they will be serving will provide a conducive environment for them to serve and grow.
Please pray that we will have discernment and wisdom as we journey with our 8 Youth Workers. We realise that all of them are unique and at different stages of their journey, we need to meet each of them where they are. Pray also that the churches where they will be serving will provide a conducive environment for them to serve and grow.
Semester Abroad
Students
This year we hosted our fourth Semester Abroad group of
students from Bethel University in Indiana, USA. Bethel University has sent us a
group every 2 years since 2014. The students spend their first month in South
Africa being part our youth workers training programme participating in group
devotion, prayer and selected classes. We also set time aside for them to read,
learn a local language, write and submit assignments. These 3 will spend the rest of their time in
South Africa doing ministry in various communities in Cape Town.
Scripture Union
Between Bronwyn Sherry and Peter Nuttall our trainees received 5 days of Scripture Union training for Children and Youth Ministry. For nearly 100 years Scripture Union has been at the forefront of bringing transformation in the lives of young people reaching them through Schools ministry, Holiday Bible clubs and Camps. J-Life partners with SU to bring this training to our trainees. The training given will enable our interns to run School 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.
Schools Ministry
After receiving training from Scripture Union armed with
Lesson Plans from Ergo NowGen (ergonowgen.com) we took them to 2 different high
schools in Balfour where they got to teach Life Skill lessons to Grade 8. It
was beautiful to see them put into practise what they learnt. After teaching a class they got feedback from J-Life staff who went into the classes as observers.
J-Life Summit
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| J-Life Leaders and ministry partners |
J-Life leaders from across the continent came together in
Cape Town, South Africa to launch Vision 2030. We are all excited to see what the Lord will do through this movement in the next 10 years. During the Summit we had time to set goals for our specific regions that will contribute to realising Vision 2030. We all went back home with a fresh commitment to making disciples who will make disciples who will make disciples. Please pray that these man and women will communicate this vision with clarity to their national teams and equip them for implementation.
I, Bhuti, attended the Regional Directors meeting (before and after the summit) where we planned on how we are going to implement this vision and track the fruits through accountability measures. Pray that we have wisdom to help country leaders stay on course through our coaching and accountability.
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I, Bhuti, attended the Regional Directors meeting (before and after the summit) where we planned on how we are going to implement this vision and track the fruits through accountability measures. Pray that we have wisdom to help country leaders stay on course through our coaching and accountability.
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