Below is the mid-trip report from our YMI Team Leaders. This is the second of two reports sent to us from the field, though there may be more depending upon Internet access.
We are all well and the ministry is going great thanks to God! We spent two days at a village north of here called Ceres. It was a 3 hour drive through mountains, very scenic. When we arrived we participated in an Awana club, The team did a 1.5 hour program for 30-40 clubbers. We then ran a youth program for 15 young adults. The following morning, we ran a children's ministry for another 30-40 children, many of them were new visitors. We then went to a market in downtown Ceres, as well as a driving tour while the pastor explained how the community had looked during apartheid and the lingering affects that he is helping the people overcome. We drove back and the team went to the top of table mountain then pizza at a mall in Cape Town. We finished with Bible study and prayer.
Sunday we went to an all-association meeting where 9 churches met together to focus on missions and their specific call to reach youth and children for Christ. The team had the opportunity to present the mission they are on using music and testimonies. Then we met to plan the Awana Camp with the volunteer leaders who will be attending. In addition to running the all camp games, the team has been asked to run teaching sessions on Saturday morning and Saturday evening, and to help with camp worship. We will be very busy! Pray for us as tomorrow as we will be in a school to present the Gospel. On Tuesday, we go to a fishing village 2 hours from here on the west coast to introduce Awana to area churches and also to present the Gospel in schools. Our mission on this trip is developing into one where we are spreading the Gospel and the Awana ministry to children in a larger geographic areas around Cape Town. This supports the vision that Clive received for his ministry this year.
Rick and Raeann
YMI South Africa Team Leaders
