February 2011

Cape Town Metropolitan Evangelism Team

In July 2010, the Cape Town Team held Holiday Bible clubs at schools in three townships. Over 260 gave their lives to Christ. Since then, the team has been meeting with the principals, offering tutoring and Bible study each week at their schools. The team has also been meeting with the pastor and elders of New Crossroads Baptist church across the street from Linge (ling – a) school to see how they can join in the discipling of these youth and children. Please pray for New Crossroads Baptist church as they seek ways to join God in working with the children of Linge School. Please pray for the children as they are faced with the witness about Christ weak week that they will desire to know Jesus and be growing disciples. Pray also for the missionaries (Bonnie Doughtie, Bruce and Sheri Erickson, Sarah Cowan and Michal Mitchell) who go to this school each week to tutor and witness to the children of Christ’s love and offer of salvation for them.

Durban Urban Evangelism Team

Umlazi Baptist Church will be hosting a men’s conference Feb. 26-27. Ask the Father to allow the Holy Spirit to speak into the lives of these men in a mighty way!

Volunteer Caren Eagleburger will arrive at the end of the month to present “Success Now!” seminars to business professionals and university students. Ask the Father to give her many opportunities to interact with business professionals and university students during this time. Pray that hearts will be open to hearing her testimony and responding to the “Good News”! Please pray for Meg Hesch as she recruits and trains people to facilitate the follow-up course to Caren Eagleburger’s presentations in March. Ask that God will raise up committed Christians who will be able to lead the participants on a journey toward deeper discipleship and greater success in all aspects of their lives through applying biblical principles.

Port Elizabeth Evangelism Team

Pray for career missionaries, Boyd & Rhonda Hall, as they minister to youth in Port Elizabeth.

Soweto Evangelism Team

The focus of the Soweto Team, this month, is discipleship. Please pray for 8 young people and half-a-dozen grade 7-10 girls that our j-men are leading. Pray that they will grow in their knowledge of the Bible and their love for God.

Alan Locke added one new student to his TEE students. This young man worked with Zach at the soccer clinics/Bible stories in primary schools the last two years. Please pray that he will stay the course and become a strong leader in the church. Six young men work towards a certificate. Pray for them as Alan will require them to preach once a quarter in their church.

Tswane Evangelism Team

The Women’s Precept Bible study class will be studying Deuteronomy for 8 weeks. Bev leads and hosts this class. Pray that we will have most of the ladies returning and that there may be some new ladies who join in.

A volunteer team will come to Pretoria from Feb. 19-28^th. The team will be doing prayer-walking and evangelism in different parts of Pretoria and Laudium. The team is from First Southern Baptist Church, Scottsdale, Arizona. Four members of this team will explore the possibility of forming a partnership to help reach and plant churches in Urban Pretoria. Pray for this time. Pray for wisdom for all of us and for safety as we walk in different cities and pray.

Windhoek Evangelism Team

Please pray for the continuing work of the WET as they begin the new year!

Support Center:

Finance Team

The FST rejoices that God is sending a journeygirl to work on the team later on this year. Please pray for her as she prepares to come. We also have two units who are in the apprentice program and we are praying that they will be able to complete their program while continuing to work part time in the office.

We are thankful that the FST is getting caught up on the ER’s and allowing time to focus on other work. We are also praying that the goal of having time for ministry outside the office will soon be realized.

Logistics Team

Pray for all the support staff as they settle in to the new building.

Personnel Team

Please be in prayer for all our medical coordinators. The changes to the insurance have been a daily challenge as they desire to serve us. Please pray for endurance and wisdom for them as well as Stephen.

Communications Team

Ministering to the unreached of Madagascar is a priority for the communication team. Training followers of Christ to share their faith is an important aspect of this ministry. Mahafaly Christians in Madagascar will learn to compose praise songs in their heart language during a 22-26 February music workshop led by two members of the communication team. Pray for a fruitful time of learning and creating new songs. The following two weeks, team members will initiate a two-year project for engaging four of the island nation’s unreached people groups. National believers who want to share the Gospel through oral means will be trained in biblical storying methods. Pray for good communication during the training sessions as well as when the trainees go out to share what they have learned.