South Africa

The container with material that we received came in through the Durban port and together with a local Church we arranged for distribution in the Kwa-Zulu Natal area, an area that consists of a largely rural population. This area has been involved in political turmoil and fighting’s that caused great discomfort for the people living there. The key person involved in the distribution is Pastor Francois who is involved with ministry to the schools, the youth, prison, and church planting. He reports that literature has been distributed to local schools and as a result many young people have accepted Christ as Savior.  Then, they also used the literature when having tent meetings, they have about 6 tents in different parts of that area and the literature is used as follow-up teaching material for newly converted Christians.   I would also like to mention that South Africa is the gateway to the rest of Africa and from the Kwa-Zulu Natal area literature has been sent north into Mozambique, a country that is also desperate in need of the Gospel and that there is just no Christian literature of any kind available accept what we send them from South Africa. For many this literature is the only source available to learn more about Christ as Bibles are not available. We do not always get feedback on everything that is distributed but it is like seed that is planted in areas where there is no Church presence. Pastor Francois and his team is doing a great work with the literature and as a result many souls are saved and people healed.

I do not know where to begin thanking you for the shipment of books that were sent to us! We received 7 parcels all in very good condition. I had not heard from you after my letter in March and had all but given up hopes of hearing from you again. When I got to the Post Office and was told there were 7 parcels for us, I was so excited.  The teachers thought it was Christmas!!We started a teacher’s lending library at the school earlier this year. We only had about 25 books in total until your shipment arrived!! The teachers were so hungry for new literature they booked out about thirty books between 5 staff!! We have a very strict reading program at the school and our 210 learners from grade R to grade 7 have read approximately 2000 books this year. We have about 100 Abeka reading books that we use on rotational bases. We also have other reading books that also go out on rotational bases. The new children’s books came as a breath of fresh air to these anxious readers. So from the bottom of our hearts we thank you!!  God continue to use you in the ministry He has called you to.

Many, many Sunday schools are going to be blessed because of this shipment. Just today we had a request for teaching materials for children. We praise the Lord that we could reply in the affirmative! Once word gets out we will be inundated with requests. Our students are refugees who fled their countries due to war or instability. Some arrived with a calling upon their lives. Others were converted here and were commissioned by the Lord to return to their countries of birth to preach the Gospel. They will now return not only well trained and equipped but will also take with them good books that will enrich their ministries beyond measure. Needless to say, other students will benefit also by the new library we will be setting up for many generations to come.

In South Africa we have no adult Sunday school classes and this material is sought after by almost everybody.  A great deal of the literature serves to equip and prepare people for Christian life and ministry. Again I want to say, literature of this nature is not available here by us and what we received from you fills a gap that would have otherwise left many people in darkness and without any spiritual resources to enrich their lives. We are also preparing to set up  a mini library where people can come and borrow books, study it and then bring it back so that it be reused again. 

 We gave books / bibles to rural pastors,  bible college students, inner-city pastors, and numerous individuals. One ladies unsaved husband, having numerous difficulties, read her book and his life has changed!   Thanks.

Thank you so much for the materials you provided to us. The material has instilled so much knowledge to the congregation. Taking the children of God from one level to another. I also, as Pastor, am growing because of this material. We thank God in the name of Jesus for connecting us with Christians like you. We send all greetings and blessings in the name of Jesus.

Many magazines, children's CDs, daily devotionals and other books were distributed in a personal one-on-one basis amongst the staff of many shops. This provided some wonderful ministry opportunities and ongoing relationships in that centre. Peter looks forward to the opportunity to sow more seeds in this centre with the fresh batch of materials. Several established churches benefitted from the wonderful Sunday School materials. The gratitude for these resources was enormous and definitely worth every bit of the effort to get them there. One teen was praying for a bible and was so blessed by a second hand teen study bible. One wife was so excited because her husband received two books on the exact topic she was praying for God to minister into her husbands life. Both these books were read and reread and God has answered her prayers. A box of quality children’s materials found it’s way into the hands of a volunteer heading off to Indonesia. It was distributed amongst the children there who were devastated by the tsunami.

We have set up a brand new department of  Child Evangelism. A missionary couple who recently joined hands with us in our training and outreach programs are taking care of this exciting new ministry. The large quantity of literature that you sent has enabled us to set up a training program specifically for people who are called to work with children and young people. We are now reaching out to the local churches and schools through this ministry.

The Container that came in through the East London port is my personal responsibility and here I can give a first hand report. I also labor for the Lord in an area where Christian literature is almost non-existent. I have just been in a Church two weeks ago where I had earlier distributed some materials and the young people on that day has put a special program together to demonstrate what the material has done for them. They used the Sunday School material and CD,s and sang the songs and dance the danced they have learned. It was very moving. I have taken a load on my truck to the annual convention. There were about 10,000 people present who have very few bibles and no Christian literature. There pastors have never been to a Bible School. They are now using the material, Adult Sunday school, as material to equip themselves and learn more about the Bible. I have also helped a new little Bible School in a rural area towards the East Coast with books and material so that they can have material to teach there students. The material helps them to lead people to the Lord and teach believers.

The container with material that we received came in through the Durban port and together with a local Church we arranged for distribution in the Kwa-Zulu Natal area, an area that consists of a largely rural population. This area has been involved in political turmoil and fighting’s that caused great discomfort for the people living there. The key person involved in the distribution is Pastor Francois who is involved with ministry to the schools, the youth, prison and church planting. He reports that literature has been distributed to local schools and as a result many young people have accepted Christ as Savior. Then, they also used the literature when having tent meetings, they have about 6 tents in different parts of that area and the literature is used as follow-up teaching material for newly converted Christians.

I would like to mention that South Africa is the gateway to the rest of Africa and from the Kwa-Zulu Natal area literature has been sent north into Mozambique, a country that is also desperate in need of the Gospel and that there is just no Christian literature of any kind available except what we send them from South Africa. For many the literature is the only source available to learn more about Christ as Bibles are not available. We do not always get feedback on everything that is distributed but it is like seed that is planted in areas where there is no Church presence. Pastor Francois and his team is doing a great work with the literature and as a result many souls are saved and people healed.