Singing at the primary school

Singing at the primary school

Angel's Voices, ( Diepsloot Combined School Student Christian Meeting singing group) were invited to perform and minister at a primary school Christmas party.
This was a challenge as the day was very wet and it seemed  as though the whole thing might be called off.

However all 21 learners showed up and they did so very well!   

Jeoffrey leading the team.

Robert sharing a message

Samke chats to a little one

Precious (left) and Simonye (right) encourage this primary student

The learners dd surprisingly well reaching out to the kids

Sweet Samantha

It as a very busy and sometimes confusing day but Angel's Voices really rose to the occasion,

Aubrey shares a testimony

Simonye

They continued even in spite of the rain.

The youngest member of the team socking it to hem with poetry

We had fun!

  Not only was it a great day out! The organizers were so impressed with the learners attitude that they offered them a free computer course at their training center in Diepsloot.

!6 learners, 8 in the morning and 8 in the afternoon underwent this week long course and enjoyed themselves enormously.. It is so cool  for the learners to see doors open for them as they step out for Jesus!  

Amanda and my birthday

Amanda and I have a birthday one day apart. Here we all are outside in the veggie garden

me and the kids

cool kids!

Natasha organized a wonderful sunset balloon trip

Beautiful Suki enjoying South Africa

Amanda (16)looking forward to life back in England having won a scholarship to Mander Portman Woodward College !

The boys!

Lovely girls

Natasha  and Amanda at dinner out afterwards.

Beautiful sunset. Why don't you come for a visit?

Theatre Trip!

We were so blessed when Suzanne , a friend form BBC, emailed us to invite the learners to a wonderful dance and ballet performance at the theatre in Pretoria.

We ended up taking 21 of them  and they all had a terrific time as you can see below!

Here we all are before the show began.

Success, Robert and Caroline

Our view from the seats at the Pretoria State Theatre

Though these teens are from Diepsloot, you would not know from the way they dress! Always looking sharp!

As you can see below they know how to enjoy themselves and have a good time!

Foot - washing

During our last Student Meeting we faced up to he fact that the end of the year was coming. This meant that
Jeoffrey, who has developed into a tremendous leader, would be graduating  from the school .
 

Phumzile and Jeoffrey with Terry.

 We decided to have a theme of leadership for our meeting and we went through some leadership principles. We then showed a movie of the last supper, where Jesus washed the feet of the disciples showing them that he that would be greatest amomg them must be a servant or slave to all.

    We then washed the feet of four learners, who have been invited on a Youth Camp with Bryanston Bible Church. They were quite shocked that we would do that! But they soon caught on and we had a wonderful afternoon as you can see below!   

We wash the feet of learners who are leaving for church camp

They in turn wash the feet of other learners

And they in turn washed others' feet including our faithful volunteer Mitt

And on and on it went

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Jeoffrey came in late and immediately one of the youngest learners sat him down and washed his feet. Sweet!

Then it was time to celebrate three birthdays Jeoffrey, Michelle and Vuso.

The learners check out the latest Bible studies

More outreach

More outreach

What a blessing to have another morning of outreach in Diepsloot! Who can say the wonders of the love of God and what happens when empty vessels step out to share that love with lonely discouraged sick people? All I can say is it was life-changing for everyone there.
Perhaps the biggest reward is when it dawns on the learners that evangelism is really love in action.
 It is not something you need specialist training for, you do not need to be an expert.
 They saw lives transform before their eyes with simple words of love, simple acts of love and simple prayers of love.
 It was just wonderful!

Samke, Lebo, Samantha and Aubrey making themsleves available. The best ability is availability!

Samkelisiwe and Samantha M. praying.

Samantha and team member Lena pray for a local  man

Lovely photo! This man was very down and cried as we prayed for him and shared how very much Jesus loved him. He came out of the darkness and into the light!One of the phrases I found myself sharing with people was "Jesus loves you, not for what you have done but for who you are." That's the love of Jesus. He sees the value in every soul.!

Samantha with baby boy she was asked to pray for.

Lebo , Aubrey and Jeoffrey with on their way back after outreach.

There is always time to sing!

Diepsloot Outreach

Diepsloot Outreach

Following the retreat, Paul Grey one of the guest speakers, invited the young people to join him on outreach in Diepsloot. I knew many of the youth would be quite intimidated by this , but I was thrilled when 9 youngsters showed up.

The results were awesome as the learners overcame their initial shyness to initialize conversations, pray for people and see God working through them.

Two girls aged 16 and 14 prayed for one lady with a bad leg and she testified that the pain left her when they prayed.

Another boy went with a team and met a drunk man. The man could not believe that God loved him due to his present circumstances, but the team kept on loving him and encouraging him. Eventually the man started crying and said, "Well I really love you guys!" Love really started to working his heart and he proceeded to pray with the team. It was a wonderful testimony to the boy of how outreach is all about love. 

As you can see from the picture below, (missing Robert who was still out) all the young people experienced a wonderful time and will be back for more!

           Bottom Row (left to right)Caroline, Kaugelo, Samantha M, Simonye and Jeoffrey
                                           Top Row Samantha N, Precious and Rebecca

Retreat

Youth Retreat October 3rd and 4th

We had an awesome two day camp with the Diepsloot Combined School learners at our plot in Laezonia. Over 20 learners came on both days and on the second day we were also joined by 10 teenagers from the the local area settlement. We were amazingly blessed with 5 guest speakers over the two days: Tina Almstadt, Saleem Siddique, Isaac Bleich, Paul Grey and Chris Olsen, the youth pastor from Bryanston Bible Church. The learners were in fro a very special few days of input as well as lots of swimming and relaxation. Unfortunately we only got pictures of the first meeting which you can see below. We pray this is the first of many such events we can hold on our plot which is just a few kilometers from Diepsloot.

As usual the learners enjoyed singing and inspiration

We were joined by a young Shaun from Bryanston Bible church.

It doesn't take too much to bring out their beautiful smiles

Jeoffrey is one of the leaders in the school and has encouraged so many of the learners by organizing and leading Angel's Voices, the 20 strong singing and drama team. 

Robert has also stepped forward

And Harry

and Kaugelo (souns like Howhello!)

We had some other young visitors including Martin

Tina was flying to England at 1pm on the first day but still came to say good bye to the young people and share her testimony.

All the learners then prayed for her in the new work that she was going to start. 

                                                        Time for hugs!