Orientation week

Week one of CPX is behind us. Like most schools, the first week was primarily just orientation. There are 32 people from all around the world that have come together in beautiful Cape Town. There are lots of families and lots of children. So what is CPX and why are we doing it. One of the biggest things is its a right of passage. Everyone that volunteers with All Nations long term has at some point gone thru CPX. We would love to keep volunteering with them here, so we are doing the course. There are 2 main focus's at CPX, church planting and discipleship.  More time will be spent in discipleship. We will break into groups of 7-8 and do home church together as well as 2 days a week go into our local communities and practice making disciples. Very excited to learn more about this. Did you know that the great commission could be fulfilled in as little as 37 years if Christians would agree to disciple just one person each year. Check out this video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ums9X9xJrZA

Crazy right.  That's why I am super excited about learning how to be discipled and make disciples. They are also a passionate group of people serious about going to the unengaged and unreached people groups of the world.  Are you or someone you know praying about going to the nations.  All nations has training centers in Kansas City, Cape Town, and Taiwan.  Get more info here:
http://allnationsworldwide.org

Blessing friends
Shelby

The Bread Box

I am constantly finding myself in a season of learning. I guess I forget a lot & my Dad is having to reinforce previously learned lessons back into me. We have had to trust The Lord for complete provision for 3.5 years now. We cannot earn a penny, we trust that God will stir peoples hearts & Thru them we will be provided for. Well as of Jan we lost about $1700 of monthly support!!! We had some people sign up and now we are just $1500 down a month. I have to say my faith has been         S T R E T C H E D!

The end of Dec we had a friend donate $1000 & a few people sent in last of the year donations and miraculously we had January covered. But, by mid Jan we had nothing for Feb. Shelby was in the Middle East and I was holding down the fort at home. It was Summer holidays here and all of the kids in Kommetjie were at my home. I was feeding everyone & loving it, but the cost is high! This is a ministry I believe God has given me & as we lost more money He brought more mouths to feed...so I feed! We typically have between 11- 14 for dinner and way more at lunch and grazing thru out the day.

In the midst of all of this fun our bread kept getting squished. We have a really tiny pantry & it was getting shoved in and ruined and I do NOT like to waste food. One day mid Jan I had been grocery shopping and as I was walking out walked by a home store and there sat a bread box. I felt like the Lord told me to go buy it. I was quick to say, but Lord if we don't make money & have to leave then it's one more thing I have to get rid of. I was IMMEDIATELY convicted. You see I know God has called us and He wants us here and He will keep us here. I was just whining. I left the shops and did not buy the bread box!

The drive home I was convicted that I should have gotten it. I even wondered why buying a bread box was such a big deal. It's a small thing, it shouldn't matter this much. By the time I was home I
knew that first thing in the morning I was going back and buying a bread box! The Lord told me to and even though it seemed small I needed to obey...duh!

Next morning I was off and bought the bread box.  I was so thankful cause I knew The Lord was blessing me, He saw my frustration over squished bread & He loved me enough to let me get one. What I didn't know is that when I got home and looked at my sad bank account it wasn't so sad anymore. The exact amount we needed for school books was deposited, $600 toward Feb was there and we found out that someone was donating $1000. That means all of Feb was covered and I could buy school. The next day someone gave me money to buy a large fridge. Mine was a tiny miniature one & they knew how many people I was feeding.

Here's the lesson that I feel like God was teaching me. It's important to mind in the little things, even for big Mommies :) he showed me that once I did obey He lavished everything that was an immediate need on us. This is not a lesson on name it claim it! Because we live a lifestyle of complete dependence it was a lesson on obedience for me and a lesson to not worry. He's called me to obey and He will do the rest

This month we are in Feb and have nothing for March. That familiar panic tries to raise its head and I push it down with the verses The Lord sets before me...don't worry about what you will eat or drink for He knows your need even before you do. He whispers trust me, he shows me in Exodus how He stirred the hearts of the ones He called to give, with the Israelite. I wonder who it is He's stirring right now and stop to pray for them. I'm thankful! I'm dependent! I have a great bread box that daily reminds me God ALWAYS shows up, always provides and just asks me to obey in the small things.

Oh how He loves you and me!

Andrea

KomSkom

We live in a small rural beach village called Kommetjie.  There are approximately 900 homes in the village.  It is crazy beautiful here.  Oceans, mountains, and amazing people.  There is a group of local skater surf kids, they call themselves, KomSkom.  After 2 years of living here, our kids have found themselves to be part of this

amazing group of kids.  Recently, a friend of our, Dougal Patterson, also a Kommetjie local and professional photographer decided to tell their story through his lens.  Here is a few photos from the day, but please check out his website for more of a day in the life of a komskom.  Click  HERE to go to the website.