Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Sunset on Papa's 60th
10 Day Mission to Mozambique

Our main objective was to serve the missionaries and people at Maforga, in whichever manner was necessary. This led to us being invited to teach at the Maforga discipleship training schoolled by Kees Tania, which consists of thirty-five very passionate and committed local Mozambican students. We spent four days teaching them about the heart and purpose of discipleship, establishing them in the five basic foundations of our faith, which they could use to disciple the people they reach out too. We used the ‘discovery bible study’ method, otherwise known as SPECK, to take them through the relevant scriptures. The strength behind SPECK is that you teach disciples to discover the principals directly from the Bible themselves, as well as equip them with a method that can easily be done with others. One of the most rewarding moments of the mission was observing the students, whom we'd been teaching the previous three days, teaching a group of the village leaders the foundations using SPECK. It was a significant moment for our whole team, when we realized the necessity of equipping local leaders with practical tools (SPECK being one example) so that when we leave they can continue to reach out, disciple and build and raise leaders within their own community.

The mission over all was a life-changing experience and significant in terms of giving us a broader and more global perspective of how discipleship can be applied within Africa, and more rural contexts. There’s still plenty of work ahead, and defiantly a lot to learn and continually refine, but we were encouraged that there truly is hope for transformation in Africa. God’s call for us is to simply follow Him and fish for men, this Truth crosses all cultural barriers. God showed us clearly that the call to discipleship is urgent and the harvest field is truly ripe.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Removed. Replaced with.
Stolen. My ipod.
Removed: the relianace I had on song to direct the chords of my thoughts and fill in the thirsty holes of my soul.
Stolen. My Canon camera.
Removed: The ability to capture and look back on moments that were worth capturing.
Removed: the fear of not sharing with others my joy in the expression of freedom through dance.
Removed: the excuse of not having the means to write and record thoughts I carry, to make use of the gift of mobile means to do design and writing work.
Removed: the false mindset of ‘needing’ and demanding extravagance when my neighbours and friends have not even a tenth of what I do.
He gives and takes away. To know Him as my Provider in lack or in wealth of resource.