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!