My brothers

My brothers came to visit! Can't you see the family resemblance? We all have the same father--that makes us brothers!

Sebastian April is from Bronkhorstpruit/Ekangala, South Africa and he has been working with Jeremiah Zulu from Witbank. I met both of them this past July while on my first mission. I'm the third guy. Robert Brown is the one who introduced me to South Africa and the needs there.

Sebastian and Jeremiah came to visit 6-10 Dec 2007 while on a trip to the US. They went to an AIDS missions conference at Saddleback church in CA & visited some other friends there. Friday, they went to Conway, AR and met with others who were with us in July, as well as met some new people from New Life in Conway. Today, I took them on a touring trip of Little Rock. We saw Little Rock Air Force Base, the East Gate projects, south-central Little Rock and the Central High School Museum. Then we did some Christmas shopping.

Tonight, we had a party at our house. We ate, laughed, and prayed. It was awesome being in their presence as they prayed for healing of a baby (Eloise) who has a heart condition. What a marvelous evening with marvelous brothers. Praise the Lord.

Mission Announcement

This picture is from "Maria"--a Christian retreat center near Mamelodi, South Africa.

The Mission trip to Soweto will be announced at Fellowship Cabot on 2 Dec 2008! The slide show is linked below!

http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dhhx8khz_13fw5j8c

Purpose

This blog will be the planning spot for the Fellowship Bible Cabot July 2008 Mission to Soweto, South Africa. Document links will be available from Google Documents to provide additional planning information. A Google account won't be required to view the blog. A Google account will be required to collaborate on the documents, but not to view them.

Comments are always encouraged.

Check out me and my brother Victor (you can see the family resemblance, cant' you!). Pastor Victor Khumalo will be our host next summer and is the Church Activities coordinator for SAHAC.

For a little history, you can view my email journal from my trip Jul 2007 at:
http://6pkatak.blogspot.com/2007/11/south-africa-journal.html

The initial vision for the trip can be read at:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dhhx8khz_0gpcn57

This video is of a cemetary in Soweto. As far as you can see in any direction, there are graves--some 2 or 3 deep. This is why we go--to stop the dying.