I was excited to talk with Roger about a small soccer academy for teenage boys from the township of Jim se Bos which was just started. The academy includes classes, soccer instruction and discussions about Biblical themes. With Valentines’ Day approaching the boys were asked to define love. Their reply was uncontrollable giggling. These teens […]
Written by Patty Spykstra After several days of battling the stomach flu, and eating crackers I was happy to be mostly back to normal. With students on campus during the week, Saturday was laundry day. I found myself singing as I carried the basket of wet clothes to the laundry line, always finding pleasure in […]
Have you ever been labeled a troublemaker? Someone who caused disruption and maybe chaos at school, home, work or in society. I’m sure back in elementary school there were a few teachers and my principal, now my father in-law, who could have checked that box for me. But is it always a bad thing being […]
While in the States my wife Patty and I watched a service online of a church we attended before moving to South Africa. The head pastor led the congregation through a time of grieving for a beloved pastor who served for 20 years in the church and had recently passed away. It was devastating to […]
Written by Mike Verkaik Today I am transcribing a celebration story of a renewed life in Christ. Rejoice with us as you read the transformation, spoken through a surrendered life, by our Father who proclaims in Joel 2:13: “Tearing your clothes is not enough to show you are sad; let your heart be broken. Come […]
