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A Clear Conscience

“Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those...

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Storyteller

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” ― Brandon Sanderson I recently...

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My Father’s Business

It is common where we live in South Africa to see a business of mongoose. A group of such animals is called a “business” because of the...

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Help, My Shoes are too Tight

“From my distress I called upon the LORD; The LORD answered me and set me in a large place.” (Psalm 118:5) A couple of Sundays ago, we...

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“The Book”

While visiting the home of a new friend, Mpho noticed several children’s books sitting on a worn table in the living room. The books were...

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Are Your Feet Taking You Somewhere?

Our ministry recently hosted a children’s outreach in one of the villages. Close to 100 children participated ranging in age from two to...

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Pucker Up

“Emie stood to her feet. ‘Rudy!’ she yelled. ‘I’m sorry.’ He turned back toward her and without thinking, she blew him a kiss. Rudy ran...

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"Offey"

This past week has been very difficult. Offey, a seven month old baby girl, passed away. She was born two months premature and had...

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I Don't Ever Want to Grow-Up

For the past year or so, our ministry has been working each week in one of the semi-rural villages of South Africa. One of the ladies,...