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It has been a challenging few weeks of traveling for hours and doing school, churches and outreach programs /presentations .

On our arrival at Lady Smith we encountered a lady in need...We were waiting patiently for our fellow team member and all of a sudden a lady, walks by and has an epileptic attackand falls to the ground unconscious, some people gather and call emergency services as we pray for her…….She slowly gains consciousness and I notice she’s had open heart surgery, the emergency services arrived and help herto a hospital.Its interesting that we arrived at the wrong location, but after all we end up at the right place where God needed us.

After a very tiring day we had to present at a youth event about world missions and the great need of the good news ofJesus.So many young people with great potential.

The following days in Lady smith we helped equip a church with practical tools on how to do evangelism using art,drama, music etc..Also a church presentation on the persecuted church and how we can be involved.

Arriving in Durban KZN we focused on school presentations, youth events and O.M partnership day….. All in all wemust have visited 4-6 schools with about 600 - 800 children……..Its so encourage to see how interested the young people are.

One of the schools we had an opportunity to do a presentation with 300 children and some were muslim, hindu andother religions.

It was raining most of the days I was in KZN Durban but one morning we visited a little school with about 30 children,their commitment and dedication to Jesus is extraordinary and very encouraging.It was such a peaceful place, it felt like I was in a foreign country with little houses and huts everywhere, high up in themountains with an atmosphere of pure oxygen.With a Radio station, sharing the good news 24/7 to thousands Of people.

They asked if we would be willing to do a interview of our involvement with missions and our life story and so we did.Such a wonderful opportunity to speak to thousands about Gods great love.

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Over the 3 weeks I've stayed at 5 different accommodations and traveled countless hours .Made new friends and spoke to hundreds of people , children and those who the world rejects butGod accepts and loves. Its always an incredible blessing to see how God is at work in peoples hearts……I’ve enjoyed every moment of the journey with precious people walking with me……..

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I focused a lot on North Korea when doing presentations ……….North Korea is a communist country … The people are forced to worship the president … Theyhave no freedom of religion ……. 98% of the population have NOTNOTNOTNOT heard the Gospel of Jesus….Christians are persecuted, beaten, tortured and killed.

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