Scotland Leaving Party – You’re Invited!

You are Invited!
In our last email we asked if you’d try and keep the 27th free so we could organize a leaving bash and have a way to share fully what we are moving back to South Africa to do.
We finally arranged it and you can RSVP on facebook right here!

If you aren’t into facebook, would [...]

The Date is Set!

The Date is set!

As many of you know, the last month has been a whirlwind of preparations, specifically the visa drama (read more), but also looking for shipping quotes, medical insurances, and support raising and so we are relieved to say we have FINALLY BOOKED OUR FLIGHTS!
We will leave the UK on the 13th of [...]

South Africa Visa Update – it came in the post!

…it came in the post, 5 days early!
Much sooner, than the expected 7-10days we recieved a parcel yesterday, blurry eyed by our wonderful cornish hosts Mark and Bronwen Davy. As we saw the South Africa House stamp on the back of the envelope we knew it was the news we were waiting for, some 5 [...]

SA Visa Update – No sigh of relief yet!

The Waiting Game..
Well we wanted to give everyone a quick update as we had talked about this big issue for the last couple of months and asked so many of you to pray. We went to the South African Embassy yesterday morning, queueing in the great british fashion from 8am til opening at 8.45am, we [...]

What is All Nations?

What is All Nations? Is a question we are being asked more and more often as we share our plans. As we haven’t yet joined all nations officially we are asking some of the same questions! We found this video and reposted it online as an introduction to All Nations and a simple church model [...]

Update on our Preparations and Visa Success

A number of things have been progressing since the last time we updated the website, the most pressing issue which we mentioned, regarding our visa entry for the lecture phase of the DTS:
VISA – We are very please to report, that our application for an ESTA Visa Waiver has been approved, which give us permission [...]

Visa Difficulties UPDATED

As many of you may be aware by now, we were, unfortunately, turned down for a B-1 US Visa for september. The reason given was a lack of economic ties to the UK (jobs, house, etc) and proof that we planned to return to the UK (as we openly discussed our intention to go to [...]

Community Transformations Ministries

In 2009 we took part in a YWAM (Youth with a Mission) DTS which was linked to a great ministry our friends Jeff and Beth Reid run called Community Transformations.
Community Transformations train and send out short term missionaries to focus locations (currently Cape Town, South Africa, Boulder ,Co.  and New York City), engaging with long [...]

Moving House to Save money for DTS

When we really felt that God has asked us to start out in missions by going to DTS we started looking at the implications, both practical and financial, and one of the things that became immediately apparent is that we weren’t going to be able to raise the money just by saving what little didn’t [...]

What is a DTS?

DTS stands for Discipleship training school, here is a bit more information about the one in Kona that we will be attending