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Sendingnuus: Makatini – Januarie 2024

Jammer dat ons so stil is aan ons kant. Reeds twee weke tuis. Ons het baie hard gewerk deur verantwoordelheid te neem vir die troue van Phumlani en Esther hier by ons in die tuin. (Phumlani en Esther is beide studente by die bybelskool te Baberton) Phumlani kom vanuit n heidense agtergrond en Ester vanuit n sterk christen huis in Zambië. Ek is so dankbaar dat Phumlani nou deel kan wees van n christen familie. Die familie vanuit Zambië het hier gekuier vir sowat n week.  Ek en die pa van Esther (nl Lawrence) het soveel in gemeen, daar hy sy MTh graad by UP behaal het. Jeanne en die ma van Esther (nl Susan) het net so baie in gemeen, daar sy hul kinders die grootste deel van hul skooljare tuisskool aangebied het. Dit is een van die mees geseënde gesinne wat ek nog ontmoet het. En die Here het alles voorsien vir die troue…. (storie op storie) 🙌🙌🙌

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Sendingnuus: Madagaskar – The week 21 January 2024

We are enjoying the third day of uninterrupted sunshine. Everything, from carpets, walls even the Land Rover needed to be dried out and aired. We are very thankful for this respite of sunshine in the midst of the rainy season, because Gabriel will be moved to its ‘parking spot’ tomorrow. We spent Saturday morning on the boat, mostly drying and airing and the mud in front of the boat was not yet completely dried out.

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Sendingnuus Madagaskar: The Week 14 January 2024

And then it rained…and rained some more…

Usually we have a week or two in February where is rains non-stop, but it came early this rainy season. There has been flooding on the island and Gabriel cannot be moved to its ‘parking spot’ before the weather clears, because of the mud. The weather forecast shows this to continue until Thursday.

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Sendingnuus: Missie Japan – INTER-CHURCH INITIATIVEs AFTER EARTHQUAKE

RELIEF EFFORTS

INTER-CHURCH INITIATIVEs AFTER EARTHQUAKE

The RCJ Diaconal Action Comitee (representing the Reformed Church in Japan) on which I serve, keep on supporting and are raising funds for long-term support, in close cooperation our local leaders at RCJ Kanazawa church (as mentioned in my previous newsflash). Primary relief efforts are ongoing amid snowy weather and includes the distribution of gasoline/kerosene oil cans, water, heaters, clothes, etc. Rev. Hideyuki Urushizaki and his wife regularly visit evacuation centres close to their church with supplies, and are also trying hard to reach the worst hit areas in Wajima. 

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Sendingnuus Madagaskar: The week 7 January 2024

Dries and Thomas have just left to move Gabriel to the north of the island and not without the usual bit of drama. The rain came down heavily as Dries headed out to the boat. We don’t have a dinghy anymore and the kayak was not really made for more than one person or luggage. Anyhow, they made it onto the boat just as the sea turned a bit rough and had to wait a while for the weather to improve before they set off.

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Sendingnuus Madagaskar: Step by Step Page by Page

Dries, Norbert and Antonin started on Vola’s classroom today. It had the least damage and was the logical first step. Norbert and Antonin accomplished a lot yesterday by removing all the corrugated sheets that were folded over as well as the wood that it was attached to. We should be able to re-use most of the sheets, but many of the beams snapped like twigs.

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Sendingnuus Madagaskar: The Week 1 January 2023

2021-12-28 Madagaskar Lynette en Dries

The first week of 2024 went by quietly. My new diary for this year was inaugurated by filling the next week with loads of ‘to do lists’. On Friday, we paid a visit to the boat yard to make sure that everything will be ready for Gabriel’s move onto terra firma. Please make a note in your diary for Tuesday 16 January. The tide will be at its highest at about 7:30 local time and therefore the best time for the move. We are still trying to decide how we’ll organise ourselves to go and live on site while we work. It was decided that it would be best to dig a French drain and use that with the onboard toilet. There are no other facilities and I definitely draw the line at going local and finding a suitable spot on the rocks at low tide. There are limits to roughing it….

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Sendingnuus: Missie Japan: Rampspoedig

RAMPSPOEDIG

Beste Ondersteuner, 
Aardskuddende afskop in 2024
‘Ramspoedige Nuwejaar!’, is nié wat jy wil hoor op die eerste dag van Januarie nie. Nuwejaarsdag is normaalweg ‘n feestelike dag om iets te doen wat jy elke jaar geniet. Vir miljoene mense in Japan is die eerste drie dae van Januarie gewoonlike ‘n sonderlinge kans om saam met familie deur te bring. En om saam spesiale disse te geniet en laaaang verkeersknope rondom winkel- en tempelbesoeke te trotseer. Rituele wat oudergewoonte vir Japannese ‘n voorspelbare ritme tuisbring.  

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Sendingnuus uit Madagaskar: Lynette: The week 3 December 2023

he date for Gabriel to be taken out of the water has been set for 14 January. Our rainy season started earlier this year and yesterday evening we had a storm with heavy wind. So the sooner we can get the boat on land, the better. We visited the boat yard up in the north of the island on Monday and the owner, Bruno, was very helpful. He knows more than a thing or two about boats and offered his expertise as well as a good spot for Gabriel. There is a workshop, running water as well as a generator available, should we need one. All of this does not come cheap, but at this point in time, one cannot measure the peace in Dries’s heart about how it has all worked out. He does not have to build a trailer and the burden of the removal of the boat, does not rest on him solely. You can rejoice with us as God has supplied the funds for Gabriel’s resting place for the next 6 to 8 months. We have seen once again that when God is at work, we should expect that He moves in ways beyond our human expectation.

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Missie Japan: Vrede

RCJ GETUIG EN BELIGGAAM DIT OPNUUT

Beste Ondersteuner, 

Vrede. ‘n Gesogte woord in vandag se wêreld vol haat en konflik. Jesus het vredemakers as geseënde kinders van God beskryf (Matt. 5), maar deesdae word hulle soms geïgnoreer of gekritiseer as romantiese dromers wat uit voeling is met realiteit.  

Die versugting na vrede: wêreldwyd, verál ook in Japan

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Sending: Gerrie en Arlene Coetzee – Nuusbrief Einde 2023

Gerrie en Arlene

Die doel van die EMT (ETHNOS MISSION TRAINING kursus) waarby ons as deel van die
opleidingspan betrokke is, is beide om die studente bewus te maak van God se oproep op mense om
Sy boodskappers te word, en ook om hulle te help om te verstaan wat van hulle persoonlik in hulle
verhouding met God verwag word voordat hulle ook soos Jesaja kan se: “Hier is ek! Stuur my!” .

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Madagaskar: Lynette se Nuusbrief 1 November 2023: Finally!

After almost a month since my last post, I finally sit down to write. For the most part, I have been spending time with my mom in Moorreesburg. She had to move house a few months ago and it was difficult to adapt to life in town compared to a more rural environment. It helped that we were able to go away for a couple of days. The Cape is still beautiful and my favourite place. Moorreesburg is a small town where the pharmacy sells firewood and the printing shop offers you coffee.

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