Mission: Africa

It has finally arrived, after months of planning, training and fundraising, we are going on missions! I'll be leading a team of fourteen missionaries from GraceLife church, Stellenbosch, to the nation of Zimbabwe, where we will be based in the capital, Harare. After returning to South Africa, a day later, I depart for Mozambique as part of another expedition into the rural interior of Mozambique.

Our trip to Zimbabwe, which takes place from the 28th of June to the 9th of July, will be to primarily support and encourage our sister church Charis Ministries, Harare. Our aim is to effectively disciple members of the community which Charis ministries is already reaching and to help it leaders to effectively train and equip those around them to be effective in sharing the good news of God's unconditional love and grace. The majority of the team we are taking up have never been on a mission

trip of this nature before and so it is going to be a major faith-journey for them. We have been training and preparing them for what to expect, but we understand that it is with the guidance and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit that will ultimately determine the success of our time in Harare.

Having one days rest in Johannesburg we assemble a new team to depart for Vilankulos, Mozambique on the 10th of July. This, GraceLife is doing in conjunction with a group of businessmen in Pretoria, who have collaborated together to send aid to this impoverished part of Africa.In their wisdom these men and women have seen that giving aid is not enough, what people really need is the good news of the gospel; that's where we come in. One part of our team, which consists of students from Pretoria, will be focused on delivering the aid. The other half, made up of ministers from GraceLife, will be focused on

delivering the gospel and effectively discipling people in the areas we will be working into. This brings us to the 19th of July, where the relationships that have been formed and the lives changed will mean that the planning begins for more trips and more local leaders being raised up.

Please pray for our Zim team, for safety on the roads, favour with the local people and wisdom in delivering the gospel. For the Mozam team, much the same, but please also pray for divine relationships being formed and that the gospel of grace will grip the hearts of the people and make them hungry for the Living God!

“The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” - Matthew 9:37-38