On to Yeoville

We've been on the run for a solid week--it will take a few posts to catch up.

On Sunday following the workshop in Rustenburg, we attended the Kempton Park (Joburg area) meeting, and had a nice morning of fellowship. Paul led an adult class and gave the exhortation for the worship service, and we had a very nice morning of fellowship.

Monday was moving day, and we shifted to stay with Leon and Joan Shuker, a retired British couple who have been working in South Africa for 12 years. We are still in the Joburg area, but the Shukers (along with a few others) got a new ecclesia started a couple of years ago in Yeoville.

Monday evening we joined in a Bible class the Shukers have with another couple in their block of flats. On Tuesday, we visited the Yeoville Bible Education Centre (BEC). This one operates a little differently. It's the meeting place for the Yeoville ecclesia, and Bro Martin Munyangai operates it full time. He is Congolese, and had to flee Congo for his life because he was involved with the opposition political party. He is an incredibly hard-working and dedicated brother, and since coming to Christ he has put his energy into working with the people in the neighborhood of the BEC, many of whom are also Congolese. The small ecclesia has grown very quickly, and provides food distribution as well as Bible classes and Bible related resources. There is a house on the premesis, and some brothers & sisters as well as some friends live there--the rents partially cover the expenses of operating the centre.

A much-loved sister in the ecclesia passed away, and arrangements are underway for a memorial service. She will be flown back to Congo for burial, by her family who are not in the faith, but the ecclesia will have a service to remember her, and also to bear witness to the many local Congolese who are expected to attend.