Mission Updates
A Beacon In The Valley
This particular Thursday night last May had been unlike any other night of evangelism our ministry team had led. Our “Coffee With God” outreach time of discussing a short Bible study in a one-on-one setting while sharing coffee together had gotten a little out of control. Normally we had a slow, but steady flow of […]
Christian Pride
About two months ago our small ministry team was invited into a halfway house for men who had been released from jail. Over some chips and sodas, we led (and participated in) a weekly Bible study with a number of people from the home and also the surrounding area. It has been a nice time of discussion where we have been […]
East Mountain’s Breadth and Depth
Earlier this year I attended a conference where the hosts highlighted their organization’s desire to further their discipleship efforts by “casting wide” with large-scale events and then “going deeper” with a smaller group of individuals who attended those preceding events. This was their hope in sharing the Gospel across the continent of Africa. It was […]
July 2016 Family Update
“I will NEVER homeschool my children!” I can just imagine God chuckling to himself when He heard me say those words a few years ago. In fact, I even repeated them during our orientation week at United World Mission when I informed them that we would need to be fielded where there was a good school because […]
July 2016 Ministry Update
It has been a while since our last update. Where has time gone and why has it gone by so fast?!? Thank you for your patience with us in our lack of updates and communication. Michele and I hope this will be a fresh start, and we will once again get back to more consistent writing. Here […]
Coffee With God
For the past ten months, Michele, a number of East Mountain staff and residents, and I have been working with Trinity Church-MP. In case you missed our earlier letter update, Trinity Church is a very small church in a township that is known for having a high number of gangs, gang violence, and drug use […]
East Mountain Update: Resident Graduation & Send-off
After a year of being with East Mountain as resident interns, the time has arrived where Natasha, Lorenzo, and Lutando are ready to move back into their respective worlds. These three interns have spent this year with East Mountain working to grow deeper in their relationship with Christ, become more founded in their theological education, […]
East Mountain Update: Celebrating Thanksgiving in South Africa
November 26 marked the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving brings families together from all over the country to share in meals, stories, games, and fun. Thanksgiving also helps each one of slow down enough to take time and give thanks for all that has happened in our lives over the course of the year. Despite being […]
Coffee With God
Seven men came to a Saturday morning men’s Bible study for the first time and Trinity Church could not be more excited. For most churches, having seven new people attend a function might not seem like something that would make a congregation applaud, cheer and praise God. This, however, was not ordinary, was definitely worthy […]
August 2015 Review
Trinity Church (Mitchells Plain) As we mentioned in our June update, Michele and I have been tasked with helping East Mountain (EM) with deepening their partnership with Trinity Church in Mitchells Plain township. This role officially kicked off a couple of weeks ago and will last at least six months as Michele and I get to know […]