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

Christ-Centered Families Workshop

As a follow up to our last conference, we held a 2 day workshop on building Christ centered families this past weekend. Most of the material that we used was from the workbook that we used during the last conference, thank you very much for coming up with the workbook, its really going a long way in building up families. We focused more on couples under the age of 40 this time around and not just leaders but brethren from the community. We had also time to discuss on some issues that were raised up  in the last conference when people said that some issues like that of men helping their wives to change children`s diapers etc.  are taboos in our culture. In short we had really a wonderful time with these married people and thank God we saw one couple that had problems being restored during the workshop. We would like to let you know that your ministry is building up families thereby transforming our communities. At the end we all agreed that we are going to be the salt and light in our society and slowly our communities will emulate the life that we live. Please find here-in below the picture of couples who attended the workshop

We will let you know once there is a final announcement on the election date. We hope and pray that this will not disturb our plans of having the conference in March next year for our people are geared up to have the conference.

Blessings,

Gideon

  

Trip 2012 Feedback

To CBC Team,

 

It's actually us that need to be saying the THANK YOU'S to you guys.  You blessed us so much by being willing to come over and take the time to see what we are doing, stand alongside us and input into our lives and the lives of those we seek to serve.

 

We appreciate you all, and from all at 'Mind the Gap', a huge thank you for the time spent, the teaching given and the fun had.

 

I like the bit about us seeing you this year Robin!!  We know you can't keep away for long!!

 

No seriously whenever you are able to come we will be looking forward to your visit.

 

Every blessing to Carroll Baptist Church and to all your families, please thank them from us for allowing you to be away so you could minister to us.

 

With grateful thanks, Jenny

Dear Team

We would like to thank you friends for leaving your comfort ,your friends ,children etc and come to Zim to be a blessing to us . We thank you for all the encouragement , input and the way you impacted us with the gospel. We are profoundly grateful for the way you  challenged us to live Christ centred lives , have Christ centred homes and lead Christ centred churches and we are quiet sure that though the time was short but  our lives, homes and churches will never be the same again.

Jennifer and myself have been very much encouraged by the testimonies that we have heard from the leaders in the community especially on how the conference changed their worldviews on having a Christ centred family . Some of them have been proposing to us to consider running marriage seminars on monthly basis as a follow up to the challenge they got during the conference. Apart from the testimonies of adults ,we have had 2 children giving testimonies on the three lessons they learnt during the conference, and we would like to say thank you to you  all as  the team for impacting and transforming lives in this country.

One of our children`s teachers is very much motivated that he has decided to run a children`s camp next week as a follow up to what Robin challenged them with, and this is  going to be followed up by children` s weekly bible study times. Please pray for us that the fire that was ignited in us will continue to burn unto eternity and that we will make an eternal impact on those that we lead.

We pray the favor and blessings of God to be upon all the members of Carroll Baptist Church and all your families for releasing you to come to minister to us here in Zim.

Blessings

Gideon & Jennifer