Trusting the Gardner in the winter seasons
What is our world in desperate need of? Fruit! Yes, spiritual fruit that flows from the heart of a follower of Christ. We had a chance to spend several days with a high school team from the US talking about John 15, Jesus’ illustration of the Vine and the Branches. You can imagine Jesus and […]
“This is how I fight my battles”
Written by Mike Verkaik What has God used to prune you in your handling of adversity? For me it has been my many trips to South Africa. As prepared, as I believe I am for every trip, the airlines seem to always create a new scenario to grow my capacity to surrender circumstances out of […]
“When the Enemy comes in like a Flood…”
Patty and I had just crawled into bed on stormy cold South Africa night and there was a knock on our door-usually not a good sign. Thobeka, one of our team workers at the Retreat Center, frantically said you need to call the municipality, the sewer is backing up and back of the retreat center […]
A Jim Beam Skillet, $10 and the Wonderful Goodness of God
Jet leg hit hard coming back to Africa. For two nights I had a lot of time to think, pray, and contemplate our quick trip to the States as sleep was scarce. We had so many divine appointments and overwhelming gifts from God’s children-which left us humbled and overflowing with tears of praise and great […]
Our Great Need for Spiritual Fathers
By way of a miracle Patty and I were able to get back to the US for a few weeks. It has been a whirlwind of a time trying to pack in a wedding, family visits, some ministry appointments and a little biking. One of the gifts was to spend time with our fathers. As […]
The Quiet Peace of the Holy Spirit
The blog below is by Dawn Verkaik and her experience at a Spiritual Retreat called the Quest. Oceans Retreat Center is hoping to host a Quest South Africa retreat for men in February 2022. As I headed out the doors of a ranch with 14 other women in silence, I was fully equipped to spend […]
