We had a group of 14 students and 3 teachers visit from The Kings Christian School in NJ for a short term mission trip. They arrived on March 20 and departed March 30, and every day in between held a new adventure.
It was amazing to see God's faithfulness as we/they were able to minister in so many different areas and cultures! We visited places from settlements to a deaf church to affluent areas - we all worship the same God! South Africa is definitely a world in one country. If you'd like to learn about their adventures, follow this link to the TKCS blog.
While they were here, we held our annual Battlezone Camp. In addition to the team from the US, we had 28 South African teenagers join us! The goal of this camp is to prepare the youth to be ready to share the gospel. This year we had a special speaker, Mike Neilson, and part of his family join us at camp. We were excited to see Mike's passion for ministry and for the lost come across clearly as he taught the Sowers training course in soul winning and Open Air Evangelism. Thank you, Mike, for helping us all become better equipped to sow the seed of the gospel! I was also very encouraged by the time I spent with Mike's wife Mandy. It was great to glean wisdom and have fellowship with a fellow homeschool mom in the ministry!
We are excited about the continued progress toward Mya's adoption. Please continue to pray that all the paperwork is approved and finalized before we need to leave for the States in August. She is growing and changing, with new developments every day. She is barely crawling, but will be running tomorrow if she has her way! She is so ready to keep up with big brother and sister. She is a ray of sunshine to our whole family.
Brandon and Marissa are doing well! They are growing and changing, too quickly for my taste!
Brandon loves learning about fractions, as is ecstatic when he knows all his spelling words and doesn't have to study them. It is hard to believe that he will be 9 years old in 11 more days. (The countdown is on! 
) Marissa has finished her first Math book and her first handwriting book this week, and is on cloud 9. She loves to write and color and would "do school" all day. If she only learns to read more fluently, she would be over the moon! She just can't wait. I think maybe we'll start working on some Dick & Jane books tomorrow. 
Please keep the Page family in your prayer. Christy and the kids have been in the US visiting her family, as her father was diagnosed with lymphoma. John remained her in SA to continue in the ministry. Christy's dad is just finishing up his second round of chemo, as far as I understand, and Christy and the kids will be returning to SA on Saturday. Please keep the whole family in your prayers.
We are looking forward to our time in the US from mid-August to mid-November and we'd love to see you! Please pray that our schedule fills quickly to share about the ministry of South Africa so that we can return to SA with our needed funds and continue the ministry! Also, please let us know if your church would be interested in having us come and share the ministry of Word of Life South Africa with them.
Love,
Mary, for the fam
Brad, Mary, Brandon, Marissa & Mya
Word of Life South Africa
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