16 July 2011 KE Fellowship

Thank you Pauline and Mark for all your input on Saturday, we all thoroughly enjoyed the evening at Pit Stop Café.  The Moroccan Lamb stew with Chilli Salsa (Recipe to be posted soon as requested) and the fellowship was very uplifting.

KE 'Fellows'

Musina Border
The evening was centred around feedback on the Musina Border Outreach, by Jana & Jacques and the Madagascar Outreach by Michael, Kim and Amos.

Thank you J & J for giving us an idea of what is taking place at our very borders!  It was shocking to see how so many people are being smuggled through our borders by means of human trafficking. Our hearts ached to see those mothers and children hopeless and homeless at the borders, children of just 6 years, lost and forgotten with no idea of where they lived or how they got there. The needs there are dire….

We realised that this is reality and is happening right under our noses, confronted with the fact that we CAN make a difference. Even though the situation seems hopeless, it is important to be challenged with these realities to remind us of the state of our world and the part that we as KINGDOM ambassadors ought to play! How exiting!!   It’s amazing to see how it is possible to uplift the spirits of hopeless people in just a day or two, with only your presence and love.

We are looking forward to hear about second visit to Musina (Bate Bridge Border Post), please keep us up to date!!

Madagascar Outreach

Kim, Michael and Amos

The second group, who went to Madagascar, generally had a very successful trip. They became part of the Malagasies’ lives (apparently a Malagasy adopts a stranger, and will tag along everywhere holding your hand and carrying  your stuff!)

The group was from Lewende Woord Bible School along with Michael and Kim also from KE. We again noticed how important a World prayer life is as we saw how helpless you can feel in reached countries where the people struggle to be freed from ancestral worship (and consequently poverty also playing a big role)!

We also saw how important it is to keep your eyes open when Prayer Walking, as we almost said goodbye to Kim playing chicken with oncoming Malagasy vehicles!! Thank you Michael for your ‘undivided caretaking’ of Kim!

We  could also clearly see how different cultures from the same diverse South African ‘nationality’ experienced Madagascar differently,  such as Amos and Michael who experienced something absolutely distinctive from each other.

This feedback fellowship definitely gave us some important tips and perspectives on what to expect in a cross cultural outreach like this. Until next week!! Cheers!