Dear Friends in Christ,
Welcome to our monthly News Letter about what happened in
the month of June in Operation RefugeeJ
Mozambique Outreach June 2017:
Our Potch YWAM base-leader Wikus, along with a few other
YWAM-mers and a few people from the USA have just returned from an outreach to
Mozambique. What a blessed trip it was!
Part of the trip was to find out if we could possibly get
another base set up, close to Malawi, to enable more refugees to do the DTS
(Discipleship Training School). Thus far we’ve had three refugees very
successfully complete their DTS at the Blantyre base in Malawi, but they are
only able to accommodate about three or four at a time. We have many viable
applicants and therefore we would like to try and establish more bases in order
to accommodate them.
We are currently in discussions to start another base in
Mozambique and will keep you updated once things have been finalized.
There are some extremely exciting developments from the
outreach, having gone with a few American citizens it was established that we
will start a business in Burundi exporting coffee! Our team leader Steven is
currently on his way to Burundi to start with this business. The basic idea for
the business is to get the refugees who have completed the DTS to work in this
business by picking the coffee beans and exporting them to the USA. This will
be one of many business opportunities for the refugees to become
self-sufficient. Steven is going there to see for himself if this is going to
be a feasible business.
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(Please pray fervently for Steven! The
conditions and circumstances for traveling through Africa are extremely risky
as there are many dangers and challenges. Funds are always needed for our African
missionaries so if you feel the Holy Spirit move you to donate any amount
towards Steven’s trip, please use the info below.)
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African Missionaries News:
Apart from Steven, we have two other missionaries (refugees)
who have done the DTS, Tresor and Jimmy. Jimmy has been staffing at the
Blantyre YWAM base since he completed the DTS but Tresor has been waiting back
in the refugee camp for direction as to his future. Not having his proper
travel documents, he has been forced to remain in the refugee camp. He was
planning on returning to his home country to get his passport but the
conditions there are simply too dangerous at this stage, so he has found
another option to get passes to be able to work at Blantyre as well. He will
need some funding for this to realize but he is busy with the application
process and we are very excited to see him finally become free of the refugee
camp. He has an amazing heart for our Father and His children. We know that he
will serve a great purpose in the ministry as he has been a faithful servant
during his time in the refugee camp, proving to have much patience.
Our vision for our refugees:
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There are various opportunities for refugees to get work
after DTS. We want to run these businesses to provide work and to plough money
back into refugees being released from the refugee camp. In the meantime we are
doing research into getting a base where the refugee leaders can run DTS’s for
the newly released refugees.
Adopt-A-Refugee News:
We are very excited to see our next three refugees begin
their DTS program in November! We have been so blessed to have received full
sponsorship for these three amazing people. Blantyre have agreed to take only
three for this DTS and therefore we hope to mobilize another base as the Father
wills, which will enable us to send more than three people to do the DTS per
year.
Want to make a difference?
We have two
methods of sponsorship:
“Adopt a Refugee”
– this is where you may select a specific refugee and choose to sponsor him/her
until the point where they become self-sufficient.
“Partner” – You
may decide to give a monthly contribution towards the mission which supports
our guys who are already in the field, such as Steven and Tresor. (You are not
obligated to a regular monthly contribution and may also choose to just do a
once-off donation.)
Much blessings!
South African Bank details:
Operation Refugee Africa NPC
First National Bank
Cheque Account
Acc: 62626450720
Branch Code: 240438
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