Queens for the King

January 2016

January 2016 News

It is the start of a new year here in South Africa. We really enjoyed our Christmas break with family and friends. We loved reconnecting to our church family as well. We enjoyed speaking to our Grove Level church family and the GA's there. We are back in South Africa now. We are hard at work preparing for the next group of interns to arrive and serve with us at Ethembeni Ministries. We are sharing the gospel in Shiyas door to door and teaching knitting to the people. We will catch you up on Elizabeth and Jacob news too. It is an exciting start to the New Year. We can't wait to see what God will do in 2016!

Open Doors Thomas enjoyed his opportunity to

share what God placed on his heart

during the morning service Jan 3rd at

our home church, Grove Level Baptist.

We both got to talk about the open door

God has placed before us at Ethembeni

Ministries. We are excited

about training new interns in evangelism

and discipleship as they go with us door

to door in Shiya's. If you would like to

hear the talk, just go to our church's

website at: http://grovelevel.org/#/media.

Then Click on" launch media player".

Select the sermon titled "Charlie

Bridges/Queens on 1/3/16 at 10:50am".

Girls in Action Time It was so much fun talking to the GA's at our church on January 6th. These curious

little 1st-6th grade girls loved learning about the Zulu people in Shiya's. They had lots

of questions since they never knew that some children live without running water and

electricity in their home. Most of all, they loved learning a Zulu worship song!

Knitting the Gospel of Hope On house visits this week, we tried a

new approach. We shared the story

of David and Goliath then taught our

Shiya's friends how to knit. They

were quick learners (much quicker

than me!). We hope to help them knit

a blanket before winter arrives.

Afterwards, we went door to door,

visiting sicker folks and dispensing

the donated medicines that Grove

Level sent back with our family.

Christmas Buddies

We all loved being reunited with

Elizabeth in December as you

can see. She is her Papaw's

princess. She had a terrific first

semester at Lee University. She

aced her classes and still

intends on being a math teacher

if her Calculus class cooperates

(HA- but for real!). We know God

will use her mightily leading her

dorm floor bible studies. She

intends to help in her local

church's middle school connect

groups too. Please continue to

pray for her as she has very hard

classes this semester.

Fastest Man on Ice

Jacob loved his Christmas break

stateside. He absolutely loves cold

weather so ice skating outside was

totally up his alley. He also enjoyed

rock climbing in the downtown

Chattanooga area. Most of all he loves

making Krystal burgers disappear! He

started 9th grade at St. Charles

January 19th. He will be in the pool a

lot swimming for his school and

playing water polo. You could say, he

loves water if thawed or frozen.

Donations: If you would like to help support our family or the work God has given us to do in Shiyas through

Ethembeni by giving money to buy medicines or food, you can do this in 3 ways:

1. Send a check to our sending home church. Just make the check out to Grove Level

Baptist Church. Put Queens for the King on the memo line. The check can be sent to:

Grove Level Baptist Church

2802 Cleveland Hwy

Dalton, GA 30721 OR

2. Go online to www.grovelevel.org. Select Online giving tab. Then offerings for

missions tab. Then select the account Queens for the King Missions

3. Go online to www.queensfortheking.org. Select Get Involved tab. Pick Donate on

drop down menu. Then click the secure link to our churchs website to make your tax

deductible donations

*All donations are tax deductible. Please also specify in the memo line if the donation is for the

Shiya's people or for our family.

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Permanent Address:

Thomas and Paige Queen

135 Leamington Lane SE

Cleveland, TN 37323

In-Country Mailing Address:

Thomas and Paige Queen

Suite H 17

P/Bag X 9118

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

3200

Praises and Prayer Requests:

Praises

A suitcase full of medications and flip flops for the people of Shiya's.

Good planning meetings at Ethembeni for UK interns coming thus far

A restful Christmas break and safe trip back to South Africa with all our luggage

Requests:

Team work among ministry leaders in setting up a schedule for UK volunteers.

God to keep both cars in working order especially once interns arrive

God to provide the people and money to hire interpreters for His work in Shiyas

Opportunities to share the gospel and grow Christian brothers & sisters in Shiya's &

Sweetwaters.

Ethembeni donations to pick up so people in Shiya's can continue to get assistance in

supplementing their mealie (corn) meal

rations on house visits.

Elizabeth & Jacob to excel in their classes as well as sharing Christ with their classmates.

Rain for South Africa. The drought is severe and water restrictions and elevated food prices are

coming unless God provides