NEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

KEMPTON PARK

August has been an incredibly blessed month for the Kempton Park meeting. We were privileged to host a P2P (Prepare to Preach) team consisting of Sis Deb Lea, Sis Jeanne Ploetz, Sis Judy MacKinnon, Bro William DeFord and Adam Ross from various ecclesias in the States and Canada. This lovely group stayed with us for two weeks, their energy and resources gave our existing preaching and outreach projects a huge boost!

The visiting sisters led the studies at the annual ‘Women at the Well’ Retreat. This beautiful weekend in the Drakensberg was enjoyed by the majority of the Kempton Park sisters, who returned refreshed and ready to do our best to live “in the Spirit” rather than allow our actions to be determined by our human instincts. Everyone enjoyed the many little treats we were spoiled with throughout the weekend, and we would like to express our gratitude to everyone who was part of the amazing team that organized the weekend. During the long weekend the Kempton Park Meeting hosted a Youth Gathering at the Altelekker Campgrounds just outside of Olifantsfontein. We had youth from the Aphiwe, Yeoville and Kensington meetings join the Kempton Park youth for an encouraging, fun-filled weekend of Bible study and fellowship.

Bro Michael Furstenburg was the cook for the weekend, for which we would like to thank him - scrambling ten dozen eggs each morning is no mean feat!

The Furstenburg family had a rather horrid experience when little Alexis, who is now almost 30 months old, fell backward while playing with a puppy, and suffered a greenstick fracture to the radial bone in her left arm. She had to have a cast which will God Willing, be removed in 4 weeks’ time.