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“For I cannot help but speak of what I have seen and heard!”

Acts 4:20 God is always at work!

Pray, Pray, Pray

~Pray the follow-ups at Howard
get done efficiently and the people
we talk to are interested in joining
our bible studies.
~The outreach at Westville is
owned by the student committee
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! leaders and that they take
ownership at reaching their
It’s April already! Time is flying by! March was an amazing
campus.
month here in Durban! We were busy with outreaches, ministry, ~Students begin to question and
trainings, and conferences; and throughout it all God was then understand what love really
showing off how glorious he is! There is so much to tell you about is.
this month so I will do my best to explain things in detail without ~The beginning stages of planning
a camp come together and
getting too carried away! I miss you all very much and never ease
students get excited about it.
to thank God for the part you play in my life. You are very truly a ~That I begin to understand and
part of everything that is happening here! experience more deeply the love of
Christ.

Upcoming Events!
Bible Studies Westville Camp
April 6 - 9 Outreach June 4-6
It’s our first week April 12-17
What is love? It We are beginning
with bible studies to organize a camp
was a hit at
starting on to end the semester
Howard so we are
Howard! A routine with a bang uniting
doing it again at
is beginning and both campuses.
Westville with the
our ministry is
committee’s help!
taking form!
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Howard Outreach
Our outreach week at Howard as incredible! We put up a sign on
Tuesday that said ‘What is Sin’ and had people come write their
opinion giving them candy and a flyer for our meeting on Friday.
Wednesday the sign asked ‘What is Grace’ and we also had a few
Soularium stations up where students can explain their life to us
using pictures to answer questions. Thursday we asked ‘What is
Love’, and had music and a dance party in the garden by the sign.
The students were very interested in what we were doing and in
learning about true love. The week culminated with a talk given by
Dan on Friday. He spoke about how the greatest act of love is to
lay down your life for a friend and how Christ suffered doing that
for us on the cross; so that we may forgiven by grace alone and
spend eternity with Him. We had about 150 students show up, so
many that some had to be turned away at the door because the room was
packed like sardines and nobody else could fit. We passed out response cards and received 110 back from
people wanting more information on Christ, 90 wanting to be involved in bible studies, and anywhere
from 40+ people indicating decisions for Christ. The next week consisted of our following up with these
students and that time was just as fruitful! We saw another 6 people decide
to place their trust in Christ for their salvation as we followed
up. God is doing something big right now on this campus!

UBUNTU : It’s Harvest Time! We

brought students from Westville to our National conference
Ubuntu. The students had a great time uniting with other
campuses and getting excited about what God is doing in their
country. Our students got fired up and decided to make more
of an effort to reach their campus. We also had a day to go out
sharing in the township. This was an awesome opportunity to
show students what it meant to share their faith. We went
sharing in pairs of two, and had around 23 pairs. In an hour of
outreach close to 60 people decided to follow Christ. I went out
with a high school girl from the church we partnered with. We
had 3 women decide to follow Christ, but what was more
exciting for me was that the girl I went out with, Princess,
began the hour not knowing how to share her faith, but by the
end she loved nothing more than having a real conversation
with a stranger about the love of Christ.
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LEARN HARD…WORK HARD… PLAY HARDER…

Smart Choices with CrossRoads
Crossroads
has
been
on
break
due
to
high
school

 University
was
off
for
a
week
before
Easter
so
our

exams
and
spring
break.
During
this
time
my
whole

 team
took
some
time
to
kick
back
and
relax
in
the

team
had
the
opportunity
to
teach
Smart
Choices
in
a
 Drackensberg
Mountains.
It
was
such
a
precious
time


Zulu
township
high
school.

Smart
Choices
is
a

 for
us
to
recharge
and
just
enjoy
being
together.
We

condensed
Crossroads
curriculum
that
is
taught
as
a
3

day
program.

The
program
educates
students
about

 spent
some
time
playing
scrabble,
listening
to
Barrett

HIV
transmission,
AIDS,
making
wise
and
responsible

 read
us
a
book,
hiking
trails
in
the
mountains,
horseback

choices,
and
includes
showing
The
Jesus
Film
for

 riding,
and
even
took
a
day
trip
into
a
new
country.
We

Children.

The
statistics
of

HIV
in
South
Africa
are

 took
a
tour
of
Sani
Pass
that
led
into
the
country
of

shocking:
50%
of
new
HIV
infections
are
in
people
age Lesotho.
While
in
this
country
we
visited
the
home
of
a

d
15‐24
and
77%
of
young
people
living
with
HIV
are


woman
who
lived
there
and
also
ate
lunch
at
the
highest

female.

We
provided
an
envelope
for
students
to
ask
a
nonymous
questions
about
what
they
were
learning.


 pub
in
Africa.
The
week
seemed
like
a
very
busy

Questions
included,
“What
should
I
do
if
I
am
afraid
to

 vacation
but
it
definitely
served
to
let
us
find
rest
and

tell
anyone
I

am
HIV+?”
and
“What
should
I
do
if
I
am

 reconnect,
while
having
a
blast.
My
team
is
fantastic
and

an
orphan
with
HIV?.”

Pray
that
the

program
would

 we
have
fun
no
matter
what
we
are
doing.
This
year
has

have
a
lasting
impact
on
students
and
pray
that
these


been
awesome
in
showing
me
what
real
community
can

communities
would
experience
a
lifestyle
change


through
turning
to
Christ.





 look
like
as
we
continually
live
out
our
faith.



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