Brad, Mary, Joshua, & Ngcebo taught on youth ministry at Union Bible Institute in Pietermaritzburg on August 17. It was a great day spent equipping others to reach youth with the gospel of Christ!
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
A Visit to Taiwan!
June brought with it the blessing of our first grandchild! Brandon & Brianna are serving in Taiwan with Word of Life and we were able to visit them in July and meet our little sweetheart. We are so grateful for the time we were able to spend together with all of our children under one roof!
Friday, July 19, 2024
Leadership Development Conference - Thriving Through Change
6 July was our Mid-Year Leadership Conference, a special time of fellowship and encouragement with the local church leaders in Durban with sessions taught by John Page and Brad & Mary Hawkins. Our theme was thriving through change. It is amazing that while the world is constantly changing, our God is never changing.
PLACE Training
It was great to get a week-long visit with Word of Life Regional Directors, John & Christy Page at the beginning of July! John spoke at our Leadership Conference and Christy spent some time teaching Brad & I to facilitate PLACE ministry training. Every PLACE course Is designed to help believers discover how God has created you and others to fulfill His purpose in relationships, career, and ministry by understanding your unique combination of personality, spiritual gifts, abilities, passions and experiences. This is another ministry tool added to our belt to help encourage and build up WOL Local Church Ministries throughout Africa and the Middle East. We are excited to see how God will allow this to be used for His glory!
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Core Fifty1 Youth Ministry Training
Brad, Joshua, & Ngcebo have been doing weekly Fifty1 youth ministry training with the youth leaders at Lambert Road Baptist Church. We are excited about the impact that they will have on the teens in their area!
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
GBC Holiday Bible Club
Last week we ran Holiday Bible Club (VBS) at our South African home church. Our theme was Mystery Island, "Tracking Down the One True God." We had close to 100 children in attendance each day and reached over 125 children throughout the week. We also had close to 50 teen and adult helpers! Please pray for the children that the seeds of God's Word that were planted will grow. Thank you!
Saturday, June 8, 2024
A New Granddaughter!
Sarah Dianne Hawkins was born to Brandon & Brianna at 9:43 AM on June 6th weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces. She’s healthy, happy, and loved. So excited to see her grow!
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