Jesus vir my, Jesus vir ons, Jesus vir almal.
Beste Ondersteuner,
“Wanneer is die beste tyd om Japan te besoek?”, vra jy dalk. Beslis nie in die somer nie! Japannese somers is soos ’n wet sauna – vir 24 uur wurg jy met ’n sopnat kombers om jou. In die middel van die somer is jou energie en jou emosies in flarde. En wat ookal oorbly van jou word deur sonbesies se konstante skreeuery deurboor.
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With this edition of the Industrial Ministry in South Africa (IMSA) newsletter for Western Cape you receive a new format of the IMSA family newsletter. We hope to in future publish the newsletter more frequently throughout the year in electronic format to keep members of the IMSA Family informed about what is happening elsewhere in our region. However, it is our intention to print several hard copies for those people who do not have access to
electronic media.
The new school year got underway without problems. I missed a lot of the first week, because I had to make sure that the teachers will have two month’s worth of lessons for Royal Rangers. There remains also a lot to do before I leave on Saturday morning.
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Liewe vriende en familie
Ek wil begin om dankie te sê. Baie dankie vir elke persoon wat bid en intree vir ons en vir Reni asook vir Oekraïne. Ek weet dat die gebed van ‘n gelowige groot krag het. Dankie vir elke bydrae en ondersteuning vir die werk in Reni, asook vir ons as gesin. Ek waardeer dit oneindig baie.
Ek dink so aan Psalm 23
Die Here is my Herder. Niks sal my ontbreek nie.
Hy laat my neerle in groen wyvelde, na waters
waar rus is lei Hy my heen.
Hy verkwik my siel.
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“Mauvais état”, those were the two words the policeman said after we were pulled over and he had a walk around the Land Rover. Dries was not happy to be told that his precious Landy was in a ‘bad state’. I started wondering if Madagascar jumped on the bandwagon of clamping down on old cars or probably just charging a special tax. I replied that the ‘heart’ of the Landy was in perfect condition and that the outside was just because it was a vehicle that worked hard. The policeman let us go. I said to Dries that might explain the looks from other foreigners when they passed us on the road; sympathy or disbelief? As a reply, I got the same look as the policeman received moments earlier…
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We have been so busy the last couple of weeks. School starts on the 5th of September and the teachers will return on Monday. Work at school never really stopped during the holiday. The two new floors look amazing and when Euphrasie saw it for the first time, she commented that the classrooms appeared bigger in size. The new grade 5 classroom is way behind schedule as we wanted to use traditional material for the floor and there was none available. So we have to go the proper foundation route which is probably better, but takes more time and is way more expensive. There are many other projects that have to be completed before the rainy season in December. All of them to keep the water at bay.
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Ons familie in Pakistan is in pyn gedompel na die geweld van bende-aanvalle op minstens 20 kerke en 93 huise wat aan Christene behoort.
Sondag, 20 Augustus, het groepe Christene in Jaranwala, Pakistan, buite bymekaargekom vir hul kerkdiens. In plaas daarvan om in banke of op stoele te sit, het hulle langs gebrande mure gesit. In stede van aanbidding in ʼn kerk met sierglas vensters en pragtige argitektuur, het hulle bymekaar gekom tussen gebreekte glas en hope rommel. En in stede daarvan om terug te keer huis toe vir ʼn familie-ete, kon talle gelowiges nie huis toe gaan nie – hulle huise lê in puin.
Die 9de Tsabong Missionale-konferensie het plaasgevind op Saterdag, 12 Augustus 2023, in Tsabong. Hierdie jaarlikse konferensie, waarmee ‘n aangevang gemaak is in 2013, is ‘n jaarliksegeleentheid, met uitsonderings in 2020 en 2021 weens die uitdagings wat deur die Covid-pandemic en sy nasleep veroorsaak is.
Dr. Frans Hancke, die Uitvoerende Direkteur van DiePLAN Assosiasie, het vir die 8ste keer as die spreker opgetree. Hy was reeds, nog voor die aanvang van hierdie jaarlikse byeenkomste, sedert 2010 betrokke by die DRCB (Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana) Gemeente in Tsabong.
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Getuienis: Michelle Potgieter
Tema: Getuienis vanuit Oekraïne
Skriflesing: Psalm 91
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The man who does most of the foreigners’ visa applications, died earlier this week. Someone made the comment, ‘He was a good man, he did not steal so much.’ How about that as an epitaph on a grave stone? What makes it even more sad is the fact that he was a muslim. The muslim faith has grown on our island and the biggest expansion occurred over the last five years. Dries witnessed to a man who is helping him to find steam pipe to build the trailer to take Gabriel out of the water. The saddest thing is that their works based religion is also mixed up with ancestral worship which makes it particularly challenging. Please pray for Toto and that by sharing the Gospel with him, would bring him to salvation.
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We were invited to a celebration at the FJKM church on Saturday. It was very special, because we have through the years, shared in the trials and the victories with Pastor Jean-Charles and his family. They are originally from Tana and started here with seventy members and a church building which was blown over by cyclones more than once. He had built a permanent building in less than five years and that was what we commerated yesterday, the 20th anniversary and the fact that there are now 2 200 believers. Their four children are all grown up and serve the Lord. The celebration cake had been the biggest I think this island has ever seen and the children could not tear themselves away from it. We were blessed by beautiful praise and worship and uplifting fellowship. Dries said that I just had to assure you that he did not eat that huge bowl of rice…
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I’m forwarding (below) the information of the upcoming Tsabong Missional Conference of 12th of August 2023. Please pray along with us for this event.
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I can hardly believe that it has been almost a month since the end of the school year. I have been in ‘sorting out’ mode as Dries says. Last week we finally emptied our container which we had brought with us when we first came to Madagascar. Long overdue you might say. There was not much of worth in the container, but as we were not using it and wanted to give it to Pastor Jean-Charles of the FJKM church, we jumped in and got it done.
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Liewe vriende en familie.
Hierdie brief is in twee dele geskryf, vandag en eergisteraand in Turkye.
Ek begin eers met vandag, 25 Julie.
Ons het gister oggend hier in Kaapstad geland. Ons het geen internet toegang gehad nie, maar die oomblik toe ek toegang gekry het, het die skokkende nuus deurgekom. Reni is in die nag aangeval deur hommeltuie en daar was 7 groot ontploffings in die hawe. Ses persone is beseer en een persoon is in Intensief opgeneem. Die graan silos waar koring bewaar word is uitgebrand.
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Atlete vir Christus is ’n uitreikaksie van Kruiskerk/Moederkerk, Stellenbosch. Die span bestaan uit ’n groep Maties wat met entoesiasme en liefde Jesus se Naam verkondig, onder meer by ouetehuise en in gevangenisse. Hulle leuse is “Ons hardloop, sing en gesels Christus”. Elke jaar samel hulle fondse in vir die getuienis- en toerustingswerk wat Bybel-Media in Suid-Afrikaanse tronke doen.
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The cooler weather here is such a relief. We sleep better at night and don’t go around in the day wiping away the sweat from our faces. Unfortunately, it only lasts for about two months so we have to enjoy it while we can.
Dries is dividing his time between the building of the centre box of the boat and the school where Norbert and Antonin started to level the floors of two classrooms. They will then do cement floors and I think Francise and Vola, will be very happy after a year of mud floors. It was impossible to keep clean and the new floors will make all the difference.
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ELKEEN TEL!
inspirasie uit ‘n onverwagse hoek
Beste Ondersteuner,
Groete uit Kobe, waar die bedompige reënseisoen se einde plekmaak vir versengende hitte. Ons jaarlikse somer vakansie breek binnekort aan, daarom net ‘n paar opsommende nuusbrokkies oor ons onlangse doen en late.
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Gebedsbrief Junie 2023
Liewe vriende en familie
Baie dankie vir elke gebed. Dankie dat jy deel is van die werk wat die Here hier in Reni doen. Dankie vir elke boodskap en bemoediging. Dankie vir elke bydrae vir Masada. Ons is oneindig dankbaar.
Ons staan op die vooraand van so baie goed wat gebeur. Die Here is so goed en getrou.
Verlede Sondag gee die Here drie keer vir my deur verskillende mense dieselfde woord uit Joshua 1:
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The Sea Explorers camp was an absolute blast and enjoyed by all. Dries and I thought that it was going to be very tiring, but we had everything prepared and the leaders all knew what their responsibilities were. A famous chef said, ‘Rather sweat in peace, than bleed in war.’ We were in full agreement with that as we had no crises at camp. Well, almost not. The 50kg bag of rice ran out and we still had one lunch to go. Fortunately, the market is just a short tuc-tuc ride away. I’ll tell you all about the camp later. Here are a couple of pictures to start off with.
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