December 2012 Children's Camp

Warm greeting to you from the hot weather of Bulawayo, how are you and your family. I would like to let you know that Justice and our Children`s Church team has come up with the dates for the December children`s camp which is going to be bigger than the other two camps we held this year. We are going to have the camp as from the 23rd  up to the 28th  of December at Peniel Centre and we are looking forward to have between 50 and 60 children all from Hope fountain area coming to attend this camp. We are also planning to invite child psychologists who would help us by providing counselling to some of the children especially those that come from abusive families.

Our desire is to bring total healing to orphans and vulnerable children through these camps, so would you please join us by praying for enough finances for the camp, divine wisdom as we meet children from different backgrounds, creative ways of ministering to these children.  Pray also that we will see a number of them making a decision to follow Jesus. 

We are planning also to have an “Everyone`s banquet” where we will give these children an opportunity to celebrate their birthdays together, with a cake for each month of the year. Please pray with us for God`s provision as we plan to celebrate Christmas with these children. We are also going to invite the whole community on the 28th of December and give the children an opportunity to minister to adults from the community, so please pray also for boldness and courage on the part of the children who are going to present something to the community. 

Thank you very much for partnering with us in brightening the future of the children. 

Blessings

Gideon  

2013 Pastor's Conference Plans

I pray and hope that you had a very wonderful thanksgiving time. We are all fine this side, its beginning to rain and the whether is a little bit cool this week.

I have been talking with some Pastors about the conference next year, and many of them are very much excited about it and they are agreeing with the suggestion of having the one conference at Mthombothemba with extended days so that they get much out of it. I also tried to talk with the other Pastors from the other region who are also excited but are a little bit concerned that due to difference of languages (since they speak a different language from the one we speak here in Bulawayo) some of their leaders who do not understand English might find it difficult to understand everything since translation is done in Ndebele. We are praying and talking with them that they send their key Pastors especially those who understand English so that after the conference they meet with their leaders and dish out what they would have learnt to their leaders.  Our team is also prepared to provide accommodation for the Pastors who will come from afar; there is only the need for food. We are ready for the conference.

Today we have been praying about the correspondence training after the conference and would like to let you know that its something that we are seriously considering doing as a way of providing training and encouragement to Pastors in very remote areas. We hope that we will talk more about it when you come for our desire is to see these men and women of God discipled that they transform their communities with the power of the word of God.

How are the preparations going that end, how many people are prepared to come with you this time. Is Kathy coming as well, do we have to consider preparing something for the ladies? Please be assured that we are praying for you as you prepare the teachings for next year.

Pass our regards to the team.

Blessings

Gideon & Jennifer