Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, We are thankful for friends who are willing to travel far to visit us... caring for us as 1 Corinthians 12: 25 instructs. Dave and Verena – it was such a pleasure to finally get to know you; you are truly humble. Barend and family you chose the coldests weekend of the year thus far to visit – we enjoyed the fellowship and games. We enjoyed Mark and his family's visit – hope to see you guys again soon. Women's Group Keila started a sewing group with the church ladies – they made tote bags and bible covers thus far, baked rusks and enjoyed the fellowship and learning new skills. St. John the Baptist Anglican Port Elizabeth For the past four years the St.John 's Anglican Church from PE's youth have been doing outreaches to us. This April we were blessed with a visit from older congregration members. We truly enjoyed getting to know you better. Thank you for being a blessing, for the toiletries your brought and distributed. Teboho and Bokang were blessed with to brand new bicycles – an answer to prayer! Ha Jobo Guillame visited and him, Pieter and Teboho went to HaJobo. Guillame and his wife has been involved with outreaches to HaJobo for the past 3 years. Thank you for your sacrifices and dedication to spread God's Word to this remote village. They have been supporting the elderly in this village with food parcels and clothing. The chief of HaJobo has given A4J Lesotho some land to build a church. Co-Workers in ministry Teboho Motseki and Mpho Ntlhanngoe is our co-workers in the ministry. We are thankful for their sacrifice, hard work and dedication. Teboho is more than Pieter's right hand man. He is currently doin his second year pastoral studies through AFMIN, with a further two years to go. He facilitates the Discipleship School, runs 4 bible study groups in 4 villages (Bokang, one of the second year students, assists with the fifth group). Mpho is doing her last semester of her first year ECD (Early Childhood Development) studies. One can see the impact of what she is learning in the pre-school – not only does the children benefit, but her co- teachers as well. The feedback from parents are overwhelming as they see their children grow tremendously in all areas. Many parents have requested that we expand the school to incorporate more grades. We will not hastily make a decision. Discipleship School Students As mentioned, Teboho facilitates the Discipleship School. We have three students from HaJobo village: Bokang Leche (back second from the right), Telang Mohatlane ( back right) and Keneuoe Nthoana (front left). Matseliso Nkakole (front right). These four students as well as our two co-workers live full time on the base. The other two students: Itumeleng Hlehlethe ( back left) and Mampoi Mahau (back second from left) live in nearby villages. As we have been doing outreaches to HaJobo since 2011, we have students from this village – Bokang is being trained to eventulally plant a church in his village; Telang will assist him outreaches to villages surrounding HaJobo. Keneuoe has been living with us for 2 years now – we are supporting her financially to finish her basic schooling. The students have discipleship classes from Tuesday to Friday mornings and they do tasks aroung the base during the afternoons. We are exited as they did better than we expected in their June exams :-) As some of you know we are a faith based ministry – we support these students and co-workers with accommodation, food and gas for cooking/bathing. They also need support to do the Lords work effectively. If anyone is interested to support them, please contact Pieter at [email protected] On a personal note: as family we are dedicated to spread the Word of God and continue the work in Malealea. We are planning to visit Thailand in March 2018 to boost our passion levels, thank Jon and Jaime for their sacrifices and get closer as family. We are hoping to visit a refugee camp, an orphanage and expose Jon and Jaime to another culture than an African one :-) If anyone feels they want to support us with this, we will greatly appreciate it. How time has flown – this photograph was taken during our first year in Lesotho – 2011.
Jon wants to finish his schooling next year. He has a passion for flying and wants to do his pilot lisence. He recently finished four diplomas with Shaw Academy, online: Photography, Advanced Photography, Wedding Photography and Video. He got distinctions in three and merit for the other. Jaime has three years of school to go. As some of you know, he is a keen knive maker, teaching himself to dance and has a passion for fitness. He is not sure what he wants to do, but talks of becoming a full time missionary andhaving his knife making business.
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