Rushing to the Hospital – Drama in our first week in South Africa!
One of the surprises we had when we came back was that our friend Nkosnats girlfriend had become pregnant, in fact, very pregnant she was due that week! So when we got our first chance to hang out and see Veliswa his girlfriend (now wife), we said “Call us if you need a lift to [...]
What is CPx?
A few weeks ago we posted a video to give an insight into All Nations the organisation we will be working with in South Africa. As part of working with All Nations we will be involved in a CPx from Feb-Jun 2011, which stands for Church Planting eXperience.
We have just received the curriculum for this and thought we’d share [...]
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 [...]
Combatting Human Trafficking in South Africa
The US State Dept and UN agencies were estimating that around 30,000-100,000 people would be trafficked into South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. This was one of the most shocking discoveries as we researched and prayed into South Africa for our DTS Outreach. Human Trafficking is basically modern-day slavery, people are tricked and trapped into [...]
A Wide Gospel: Thoughts on Missions
A Wide Gospel: Missions as Justice for the Poor
We recently flew out of South Africa with the faces of people we had met in our minds, and conversations ringing in our ears, and so I began to write a few fairly disconnected thoughts about what missions should look. now that we had truly had an [...]
We were interviewed on LFS Introduces
We were recently interviewed by a blog called LFS Introduces about the work we have been doing in Masiphuemelele. We haven’t done as well as we’d hoped on keeping you up to date, but we hope some of our answers might fill those blank spaces. Click here to read the original article which is reproduced [...]
We Have Arrived in South Africa
We Have Arrived in South Africa!..in fact we arrived on the 16th of December, so we are almost 4 weeks in, but Internet has been even less available than we expected but now we have gotten familiar with the surroundings we are hoping to keep you all up to date more regularly…well, at least we [...]
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