July - August 2008
MINISTRY REPORT
HENNIE & RINA VENTER,
OUR
NEW TENT …. A useful tool …..
in
reaching the lost with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
PRAISE
GOD FOR OUR NEW GOSPEL TENT!
We’ve had our first two crusades during June and July 2008 at Kgabopark
and Gaphago villages in the Moletjie area,
EVANGELIZING THE LOST …
Our primary task is to evangelize the lost and to be involved with the
planting of new churches which are so desperately needed in the rural areas of
God touched many people’s lives through the
proclamation of His Word. Precious
souls are set free from bondage and found new life in Christ. People are also reached through the showing
of the Jesus Film, visitations to houses, schools, hospitals, prisons,
etc. We are also involved through
various partnerships to teach and disciple the new converts.
God has called us to be servants
in this exciting ministry.
Thank you for your continious
prayers for us.
Together we can reach the lost
with the
Gospel
of Jesus Christ.
built to
the glory of God.
SHORT-TERM
It
was a privilege to work again with Charles Collins, and this short-term mission
team who came from 20 June to
OLD AND NEW
The
team did an excellent job in finishing the construction of the walls within 7
days.
The congregation of Gaphago gathered for many years in this old shack to
worship. Pastor Sam Lamola expressed
their thanks for receiving this beautiful building.
Our team was welcomed by the chief of the area, and every day teams went
to visit people at their homes. Many
children of the village were blessed as we ministered to them every afternoon
in the tent.
completed to the glory of God.
A beautiful church building arose out of the heap of steel bars that laid for several years on the site after a storm blown it
down. Pastor Lucas Mashegoane told us
about the need, we prayed and God provided the finances and short-term team for
the completion of the church building. It
was indeed a great challenge to get this building up. Nothing is impossible with our God as this
was only a dream a year ago, and through God’s wisdom and strength, became a
reality. Coromandel town ship is situated in the
Lydenburg district. has made their home. This is a fast developing township, where
thousands of Zulu and Sotho people live and where there is great potential to
grow a strong church.
SHALOM CHURCH DEDICATION …
A GREAT AND JOYFUL DAY …
Hennie preached a powerful message during the
dedication of the church building that took place on July 27th, 2008. Pastor Johannes Ramashala expressed their
thanks to God who has made this project possible.
PRAISE GOD FOR LABORERS IN HIS HARVEST FIELDS FROM
Ken
Huff and short term mission team from
CHILDREN & WOMEN MINISTRY IN COROMANDEL ….
The women were the first to meet for Bible study in their new building.
Play time with the children during the weeklong outreach and ministry to
the children of the pre-school in the village.
There was also time to teach
OUTREACH
TO
We went through a very disappointing time during the first week in
August, as the outreach to
PRAYER REQUESTS FOR OUR MINISTRY
- LEADERSHIP
TRAINING CONFERENCE –
(1-6 September 2008). Hennie will be participating in the Training
Conference. Pray for hundreds of leaders and
pastors who will be attending the Training conference. Mr Alain Lumbala
is the organizer of the Conference in partnership with Herb Hodges and Oliver &
Ellen McDonald of the USA, who will also be teaching.
- EVANGELISTIC
CRUSADE & DISCIPLESHIP IN
- (17-29
September 2008) We will be joining Richard Hamlet and a
short-term mission team from
-
- OUTREACH
TO
- The arrangements for the outreach is going very well. Youth For
Christ in XaiXai has officially partner with us during this outreach. Pray for all the preparations as we will
be leaving a week earlier than the team arrive to
- Pray that we will be filled with the Holy Spirit
every day, and that we trust with our whole hearts on God who give wisdom and strength.
- Pray for our personal financial support and resources
needed to accomplish the mission God has called us to do.
- Pray that the Lord will send more laborers into
His harvest fields. Pray that
Christian short-term teams and volunteers would take advantage of the many
opportunities to share Christ with us during 2009.
- Pray for open doors to preach the Gospel and for the
training of leaders in
- Pray
for the handful Christians amongst least reached peoples. Pray that they would increase to countless
numbers and that in turn, thousands of churches would be planted among
them.
- Pray
that the municipality will approve our application soon for the
development of the Accommodation and Conference Centre “El Shaddai” in
Polokwane, SA.
MORE VENTER NEWS ….
Dear friends,
It is always so refreshing and encouraging to know that
there is someone in the great wide world thinking and praying for us. Thank you so much for your concerns and
prayers for us and more especially to be our friends. We really
need and appreciate it very much.
This last two months were not easy as we worked against
time to get two building projects finished together with Gospel
crusade every night. We’ve had experiencing amazingly good
weather inspite of being mid-winter in South Africa and our accommodations the last two projects
were not too bad as we were able to pitch our tents in school classrooms
because of the school holidays. God is
good and He is sustaining us in spite of the situation.
GOT SOME WORK DONE ON “EL SHADDAI” -
Two years ago, God has led us to
start with the developing of a
Our target is to have the first
phase in operation by the end of December 2008. We’ve got a lot done during the past two
weeks and is working to see the first phase complete -
- Four guest
rooms with private facilities
- Fit doors
and finish the floor of the lapa area which will host the reception,
dining room and conference hall
- Paving of
the parking area and entrance road
- Plant over
50 indiginious trees
- Building of
4 log cabins for guests
- Building of
ablution block for campers
- Fence the
property
God willing, we hope to see you again
as we are planning to come early in 2009 to visit our friends
and partner Churches in the
Thanks again for sharing with you..... and again thanks
for being our friends. Send everyone there we know our
love and greetings.
Co-workers in Christ
Together, we can reach the lost with
the
Gospel
of Jesus Christ!
Hennie
& Rina Venter
PO Box 333
Fauna Park, 0787
Polokwane, South Africa
Tel/Fax: +27 15 263 6862
Cell: +27 79 522 4139
hennieventer@worldmission.co.za
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