JWC!

This sadly will most likely be my last update from South Africa! But I hope to give yall a more detailed one when i get back State Side.

Me, Cat, and Devin

So we finally had the JWC, our last time to spend with most of the people we were ministering to. I unfortunately got sick(food poisioning, i think) and I was unable to attend most of the meetings or really spend a lot of time with the guys. However it was still an awesome time, because of this reason, all the men in our Bible study that came to the JWC, confessed Christ and wanted Him as their Lord and Savior, even after understanding the challenge that an easy life is not promised, but a life to the Full! I'm sure this is a fruit of your prayers! It's also encouraging to me that the Gospel goes forth and changes lives even while I was sick. The Lord's gospel is not chained!(2nd Tim. 2:9) All in all I believe we saw around 10 people claim Christ! It is our hope and prayer that they would do nothing but grow closer and close to Him, and make decisions in light of the Word, and live lives that glorify His name, as lights of the world(Matthew 5:16)!

Kevin and Kanye

Tyler and the Doc

Since the JWC, we have been going to the Church here and doing work needed to be done, and have spent two days going into different orphanages here spending time with children and just trying to love them, and share the gospel in that way. One family that runs a childrens home here, does it independently of the government and gets its funds from supporters. This family is actually from Holland, and they just have a heart for these children to grow up in an environment were the gospel is taught! It has really been a great experiencing hanging out with these kids, who have little hope, but receive through the Love of these people who give thier lives to run these shelters! 2nd Corinthians 1:3-4 "3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God."

Our last week on campus!

So this will be our last week on campus! Next week is the JWC camp and the week after that we will be doing mercy ministry! It's going to be bittersweet I know! I have really enjoyed getting to know the guys here and look forward to spending alot more time with the ones who are able to go to JWC next week. Also I finally have a couple of pictures for yall!

This is Majuba, the Guys Resident hall:

This is from left to right: Me, Yandisa, KB, and Jorge my ministry partner:
Yandisa and KB are the two Leaders who are laboring on the floors with us and have had a great impact on a lot of the guys we are ministering to. Pray for them as they continue to grow. It has been amazing getting to know these two boys and their desire to grow and choose the Lord daily as their strength!

These are a couple of the guys going to JWC, that Jorge and I have gotten closer to that are really desiring to know more, be praying for them to be changed by the Lord! Kanye, Mat, Master P, and Kiki. Kanye and I had a great conversation, where I believe he was really challenged and came to a greater understanding of what Christ suffered for us...I was challenged by it as well! By explaing the depths of Christ's pains it was made even deeper in my own heart, I don't know if I have become complacent sometimes to God's love, or am just coming to a greater realization of the depths of it, either way pray that we both would come to a greater understanding of the Depth and width of the Love of God(Eph. 3:17-18) Kiki was also a great encouragement to me. He is not a Christian and is honest about that, yet he wants to learn, so much so that after the last Bible study he wanted to "rent" a Bible to read! We let him borrow one for free, but just think here is a kid in a very very poor country wanting to pay to rent a Bible! Pray that he would not lose this interest! Mark 4:1-8, pray that his heart would be good Soil!

Thanks again! I hope have even more pics next time!

You are also in my prayers!

Daily Decisions!

Hello again!
I hope and pray yall are doing well! I also am thankful for you taking time out of your day to read and pray for our ministry here! I want to first off encourage you to keep praying as it is powerful and effective!(James 5:16b, Romans 5:18-20)

Ministry here is going, This week in our Bible study the message was from Luke 9:23 "Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." We really wanted to urge them to look at the cost verse the benefit, "25What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?", I am sure this was and is a challenging passage to many of them. Something that some of these men are dealing with is controversy within their family as a result, a lot of their families may still be caught up in Ancestral worship mixed with Christianity, making salvation be by Christ + something, which is no Gospel at all! So pray for these young men that they would really see the cost of following Christ and accept it because of the life that they can have, a life to the full!(John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.") Tomorrow is the deadline for them to be able to come to the JWC! Pray for their decisions! JWC not only is a camp for them to know more about our Lord, but the hope is that relationships will be built their by this experience in order for them to continue their walk even when they return(Hebrews 12:1-3)! The fear is that if they do not come then those who have made a confession of Christ or are close to it, may be pulled back into the ways of their family and the culture they grew up in!(1 Cor. 10:33-34)

Pray also for the unity of our team! Pray that we would "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." (Ephesians 4:2-6)

Lastly, we were supposed to be going to Hilbrow to an orphanage to do mercy mission work there. But because of the Xenophobic violence we will not be going there for our safety. But please continue to pray for these people! Instead we went and served food at a refugee camp, were around 600 Zimbabweans stayed and sometimes over 2000 come to eat! These people are living in tents and have very little space to themselves. Going there and seeing such a thing was so surreal! This really brings a greater picture to what Jesus meant when he talks about the harassed and helpless(Matthew 9:36) Especially because many are without a shepherd and again are caught up in Ancestral worship.

Thank you again for your Time and Prayers!

Ministry in Majuba

Once again Majuba is the name of the male Resident hall where the guys on our team are going along side the few Christians that live there in order to make an Impact for Christ. But since it is exam time for the students here, the school has made a new rule...No visitors past 6:00 pm. This has had an effect on our time there, since previously we would go into the dorm fro 3:00-9:45, and are able to really put in a lot of time trying to build relationships, and have conversations. Now we are trying to go to campus earlier(around 1:oo pm) But the only problem is that we don't really get a break until night time. So pray that we find our strength in the Lord(Isaiah 40:29-31) And that this would not hinder our Ministry!
We had another Bible study this past week on Matthew 7:15-23, and challenged the men there what it meant to truly know Jesus, and how one can look at there life and see fruit from the Spirit. Pray that Kevin, Tyler, Jorge, and myself could follow-up with these guys and really continue to explain the gospel to them, as well as that the Lord would be moving in their hearts to see their place before Him.
Here are some specific names to be praying for in the Bible study, and in the dorm that we have contact with: Henry, Kanyiso,(very close to giving their life to the Lord, just a little afraid of giving up control and desire to know more about Him) Aks, Sbu, Kiki, Doc, X, Jack, Anathi, Java, Vuyo, Gift, Thabo, Tebza, Lwazi, Alfred, Master P, Musa, Terrence, Hamilton, Teapo, Lucky, Bongs, Jabo(of these guys some may be Christian...or just exposed to the Church culture and know the answers, some openly admit that they are not.) So another thing to pray for is just thank the Lord for these men that are being exposed to His gospel. A lot of them were already contacted by the Christians that we are laboring along side. Also pray that they would have a strong desire to know God more and search for him.
I'd like to ask that you continue praying for the JWC(Joint Winter Conference, a 4 day, 3 night camp) where there will be many talks given and is a great opportunity for all of us to grow closer to the Lord. We are trying to get a lot of these guys to come, because of the things that they can learn there, but the problem is it cost R500(rand) Which is about $60-$70, and is a lot for these men and women. Money is very tight for them. So for them to come is a big commitment on their part we want to help them as much as possible, but want them to make at least a small commitment(from past experience, those who don't make some monetary commitment, but get it all paid for...don't come). So Pray that many would be able to come, and have their Hearts changed by God.
Thanks again!

Making Progress

Howzit!

“Howzit” Means “Hello, how’s it going?” And is the main greeting we use here.

This week has been our first “normal” week, where we are spending a lot more time in the dorms. So far it’s once again been amazing to see the work God has already done in preparing the hearts of these men to hear and ask questions about our Lord. Monday Kevin(another member of our CCP team, who also goes to GSU) had the privilege to lead a Bible study of about 12-14 guys(most who are not Christian) in the dorm. We spoke on John 4 and our ending question to the group was “Where do you seek satisfaction?” It has been good, because Jorge(my ministry partner) and I have been able to go around to some of the rooms and follow-up with some of the guys who came to the Bible study and really get to talk to them one-on-one. We are also trying to recruit these men that are Spiritually interested to come to a small 4 day camp, called the Joint Winter Conference(or JWC for short, remember it’s winter time here!) At JWC there will be many talks given that are evangelical as well as help grow those that are already believers.
This is the last normal week of classes for the students here, and then they start an “exam month” which is where they may have any where from 0-4 exams in one week. So the challenge has been trying to talk to guys who aren’t studying!
Yesterday we visited the Apartheid museum and got to see a lot of the history of South Africa. It was only around 1994 when the apartheid ended. During the apartheid the black’s rights were limited, but now they are able to enjoy equal rights with all the Europeans living here. But racism is still prevalent in some places. For instance there have been quite a few xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans that are living here, in Durbin, and in Cape Town. It is almost surreal to be so close to these attacks, attacks on people just because they are from Zimbabwe. A few of the people that live in the dorms we are reaching are from Zimbabwe, one boy, Henry, says he’s afraid to leave campus at all. While we aren’t ourselves in danger continue to pray for our safety, but include these people who are truly being targeted.

We have about 4 more weeks on campus here; These are some things that you can be praying for me, Jorge, and our team as a whole.

1-That we would have discernment who to speak to, as there are a lot of guys and not a lot of time! That we would use the time we have wisely.
2-That God would grant us favor in the eyes of the men and women here, so that we could build quality relationships with them.
3-That I, Jorge and our whole team would have hearts that are broken before the Lord and that truly Love the Lord, and desire to make him known, with our thoughts, words, and actions.(Ps. 51:17, Phil. 1:9-10)
4-That God give us opportunities to have Gospel conversations with those that He has prepared.
5-That the men and women we would talk to would have such a desire to know Christ that they would come to the JWC, pray that there would be little or no barriers for them to come.

Thanks So Much for your prayers!

P.S. if you wish to contact me it’s best to email me at wmobley1@gmail.com, however it may take me a while to respond, we only get internet intermittingly down here, and facebook doesn’t work too well.

Our Theme

Also I wante to let yall know what the Theme of our training will be this summer.

"Lifted High"

It is based off the verse John 3:14-15

"Just as Moses lifted up the sanke in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life."

That is our hope and Pray that in all things Christ be lifted high!

We're in South Africa! Safe and Sound!

We departed from Atlanta Saturday May 10 @ 4:00pm, and Arrived in Joburg(Johannesburg) @ 4:00pm Sunday May 11. It was an 18 hr flight.(The time zone here is 6 hours ahead of America!)

It has been kinda hard for all of us trying to get over the Jet lag, and getting used to the time, so for the first 3 days we have had a slightly different schedule to get us used to the time as well as get us oriented with what we will be doing and the culture we are working within.

So far we have moved into the house we are staying at and have been to the dorm, Majuba, which is an all male residence hall, the girls have two different residence halls they are going in. We are working in pairs as we go into the dorm(or "res" as they call it) to minister. My partners name is Jorge, and he is a student at Augusta State Univeristy, who I have been friends with for 2 years now. We are reaching out to the guys in Majuba on floors 9-11, and working with South Africa students who became Christians just last summer, there names are, Vuyo, KB, and Yandisa. We will be going on the campus Tuesday through Friday from 3:00-10:00! But after meeting just a few of the people we are both very excited to go into the res and begin reaching out to the guys here. All the people here are very kind and open to talking to us, and very much like America everyone has at least heard of God, but just don't quite understand the full Gospel.

So far it has been very encouraging to meet those who became Christians just this past year from the CCP that came down last summer. It's been great to see how excited about the gospel these guys are and how mature they seem just after a year of conversion. These guys are also a part of our focus here, to try and further equip them to spread the Gospel futher. But I feel that we will learn alot from them too, and their heart for the Gospel to go forth! It's incredible to see our God work in the lives of people from completely different backgrounds.

I hope to give yall some more details next week, as well as put up pictures! Until then, Thank you for your thoughts and Prayers!

Things to be Praying for:

1. That we would be bold in sharing the Gospel, and Culturally relevant, as the thought process of people down here can seem very different from our own.

2. Pray for our relationships with the Christians here that we could work as one Body under Christ, Specifically, Jorge and myself along with Vuyo, KB, and Yandisa.

3. Our girl's leader, Eileen has not been able to come, because of a paperwork mix-up, this has been very saddening and hard, especially on her Husband Matt(our CCP Team leader), So pray that the Lord would working in this situation, as well as on her and Matt's heart to find comfort in Christ. Also pray for Stephanie who is on Staff here with Campus outreach, as she will be taking on Eileen's role for some time, until things get sorted out.

CCP Prayer List

So here is a pray list I have put together prior to going, I will most likely be posting more specific request once we get there. Thanks!

Monday: My Personal walk-Pray that I would constantly be seeking the Lord and that he would grow me through His word, my relationship with Him, and prayers.(Psalm 119:33-40, Matthew 6:33)

Tuesday: Fellowship-Pray for the unity of our Team, the 16 students and 2 staff. That we would be of One Spirit in the Body of Christ, and without dissension. Pray that we could be encouraging to one another daily.(1 Corinthians 12:11-13,25-27)

Wednesday: Support Raising- Pray that God would supply me with the $5000, and it is in Him alone that I put my trust. Pray that even more than this would be raised so as to help others on our team, and those in South Africa.( Matthew 7:7-11)

Thursday: Personal Ministry-Pray that I would live boldly for Christ and proclaim Him through my thoughts, words, and deeds. That God would use me as a tool to change others lives.(2^nd Corinthians 4:11-12, Ephesians 6:19)

Friday: Salvation of the UJ Campus-Pray that these students and would come to an understanding of the Gospel of Christ. Also that the vision of God’s kingdom advancing would take hold of their lives.(Romans 1:16)

Saturday: The Campus Outreach Ministry at UJ- Pray that our team and the Staff and students at UJ could again work as a body of believers and be encouraging and uplifting of one another. That the staff and students there would continue to labor hard while we’re there and after we leave, so that Christ might be proclaimed.(Ephesians 4:1-6, Hebrews 10:23-25)

Sunday: Praise and Thanks- Praise and Thank the Lord for Christ and our redemption, and for him using us as His ambassadors. Pray that I would not forget that this is the Lord’s work and His kingdom and to Praise Him for using me.(Psalm 103:1,11-13, Galatians 6:14)

What we are doing

So I am guessing that if your looking at this page you probably know I'm going to South Africa. But I really want to tell you more about what we are doing and why we are going, if i have not yet got the chance to tell you in person.

I'm going down with a team of 16 other college students(8 men and 8 women) and 2 staff members from Georgia Southern University, Augusta State University, Georgia College and State University, Valdosta State University, and Mercer. This is through Campus Outreach, a ministry I have been involved with for the past 2 yrs or so. We will ministering on the Campus of the University of Johannesburg. We will be spending 4 days of the week going into the residence halls of this University in order to build relationships with others and share the gospel through these relationships, and also to teach those that may become Christians how to walk with God and how to share their faith and how to go out and do the same thing; this is the vision of Multiplication, and this is the vision we have been hoping and praying that this is what people who support us are supporting, not just our team for this summer for the students we impact this summer, but for the countless numbers that the Lord can bring to Himself through this idea of Multiplication.

When we are not in the residence halls we have training and studies to continue to develop our own personal ministry and Walk with the Lord.

I am also just excited about being in such close fellowship during the summer, and even laboring along side and fellowshipping with South African Christians, to really see how the Gospel is for the world not just America.

Psalm 8:9 "O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"