FSBCS South Africa Mission Blog: Day 7 - Glasses Campaign Comes To A Close

Keith and Antoine get tables and chairs set in place for our
final day of glasses distribution

"Thank you" are two simple words that hold so many meanings for us today. We heard this phrase over and over as we led people to Christ and prayed with people in need of jobs and family situations. Thank you was said from the volunteers as we closed up the "glasses campaign" for the week. And our hearts burst with thanks back to them for allowing us the opportunity to participate. We say thank you to God for calling us to come and for using us! What a week it has been with over 1,000 people exposed to the Gospel - a seed planted, watered, harvested or grown - all happening from these last five days. We also were able to say "Thank you" for the two meals provided to us by the church members today. What fun we had sitting with the people we have worked alongside all week deepening relationships and encouraging one another. Thank you also to those of you in America who gave the almost 2,000 pairs of glasses we brought over! Thank you also for praying and helping make this trip so effective!

Kevin with the young man who called himself "Blessings" - he
lost both his father and mother and lives on the streets of Pretoria,
yet he promised he would come to church this Sunday

One thing that has been evident as we share the Gospel is that so many people say they do not know if they are going to heaven but once we have led them through the verses, they realize they have actually made this decision and DO know for sure. Some may just be saying yes to say yes but others it appears have made the decision in the past but have not been trained or taught. "Thank you" Hope Baptist Church for being a light to the community of Sunnyside in the way of training/discipleship of the believers in what and why we believe what we believe.

If you have noticed while you have read the past blogs we are a team, and many of the volunteers have HOPE shirts with the "O" being the continent of Africa. These have been quite the conversation starters. As Mel Anderson says, when people ask about them it's easy to share the Gospel.

Mitch McDonald experienced a different kind of ministry today as he had to take a trip to the dentist for a cracked tooth. God put him there to share with literally all of the office staff and everyone in the waiting room. Who knows why God orchestrates this type of "bad luck" during a trip like this, but even so, we can say "Thank you" for the plan at work that we do not see.

Here are a few more pictures from today (click once on each to enlarge):