Uncle Dolf and aunty Rhoda Naude have been dear friends of ours for the past at least 13 years or so. We met them at one of the "Love Southern Africa" conferences in Pretoria during the mid-90's. The Lord actually connected us when praying together and after all these years, they - together with their daughter Corne who use to work for World Mission Centre - are very dear to us as a family. We stayed with them on Odendaalsrus when visiting Welkom. During this time Lydia had major back problems. They took her to the doctor, payed for the doctor's bill and treated her like a daughter ... THANK YOU dear friends. Hope you enjoy your new home.~~*~~
ACE ADMINISTRATORS SEMINAR,
CHAMPAGNE SPORTS RESORT,
29 July - 1 Aug 2008
This seminar was one of the main reasons why Lydia went to South Africa. She had the privilege to attend this very strategic meeting with Mr Enock Mohol, the Coordinator of ACE in East Africa. 
Enock in a meeting with Graham Yoko, the Director of ACE in Africa.
Trevor's wife, Pam and their daughter, Tamzyn.
Past Joseph Temlett was one of the speakers at the Seminar. He was also the main guest this year at our Educator's Convention that was held in Nairobi a while back.~~*~~
Judy Carnegie & Nadine Hermann from Step By Step. We've been using this excellent ECD program with our pre-preschool kids at YASHA for the past almost 3 years, and have seen great results. If you want to learn more, you can contact them at stepbystep@mccmidlands.co.za~~*~~
Here Lydia is taken with Janet Harris who is the School Implementation Manager of FUTUREKIDS in SA. YASHA is still trusting the Lord for the finances to implement this technology in our school. You can contact her at janet@skillspro.co.za to enquire more.~~*~~
Here are also 2 lovely people that Lydia met with a heart for value-based education.~~*~~
A lovely display of some countries in Africa that are involved in the School of Tomorrow program.~~*~~
This lady and her husband is helping at an ACE school in Russia. They are using the school to teach English to the children, but God is using it as a platform for His glory.~~*~~
Inbetween all these activities, there were also great food that was served. What a treat!!~~*~~
It was great to meet with Rina Botha again. She and her husband, Christi, visited us a while back. With her is some staff members of their school who attended the Seminar with her.
Lydia's "room mate", Sharon Hancocks. She's the principal of Young Eagles Christian Academy in the Cape Province.~~*~~
Lydia was so pleased to finally meet Teresa Botha, a friend she has been communicating with for quite some time via e-mail. She and her husband are actively involved in Kenya.~~*~~
CONGRESS World Breakthrough Network
It was great meeting some of the CONGRESS WBN family in South Africa. Suresh and his wife, Michelle Ghunah (standing just left of Lydia), are running the embassy in South Africa. (Suresh was in the US at the time of the photo.) The name of their Kingdom Community (KC) is Elijah Embassy and they're situated in the Randburg area near Cresta. Wade & Annelize are on the left and Vincent Munena on the far right at the back. The kids are all in the front.~~*~~
OTHER CHURCHES & MINISTRIES THAT WERE VISITED
Past. Robert Francke from the AGS Church in Westonaria. Lydia had an opportunity to share with them about the work here in Kenya. We thank the Lord for their partnership and assistance.
The worship that evening was really awesome. Jaco Nelson on the right is the son of very dear friends of ours, Rina & Bennie.
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Lydia and the boys were also very privileged to visit LOFDAL in Pretoria. Uncle Chris and Aunty Isabeau (below) have been dear friends of ours for more than a decade. Lofdal is involved in Youth Evangelism.
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Another church community that is quite involved with our ministry, is the Vineyard Fellowship in Blyvooruitzicht, Carletonville. Past. Anton Gresse (far right at the back) and Rowland Wilson (far right in the front) are taken here with the members of the Praise & Worship Group, "Handpicked".
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Rowland and his wife, Lucy, are the guardians at the Harmony Centre (a house of safety) in Blyvoor. They are also our Mission Coordinators in South Africa. If you would like to get more involved in either the Centre, or the work here in Kenya, you can contact them at wilsons4kenya@hotmail.com or (+27) 828264408.
Harmony Centre, Blyvooruitzicht, Carletonville
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Br. David Copp and his wife, Phyllis, who are involved with the Penticostal Church of God in SA. They are originally from the USA.
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Past. Hennie and Olive Eksteen. We met them at Corpus Christi in Potchefstroom when we just got saved in the early 90's. That was also the community where we got baptized. Great was Lydia's surprise when she met them again after so many years. They are now involved in a fellowship in Fochivlle. The interesting thing was that these precious people were just attacked by thugs when Lydia met them. She could really identified with this as we were still in a process of recovery by that time.
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YASHA'S EMBLEM
When enquiring for someone who does printing, Lydia was advised to go to "Print A Sign" in Fochville. To much of her surprise, it belonged to an old school friend's brother who were a couple of years younger than them, Gert-Pieter. He did an excellent job. If you're in that area and you need any printing done, please contact him at
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WEDDING BELLS are RINGing ...
Julius Mwangi asked Lydia to buy him and his fiance, Isabel, a set of wedding rings in South Africa. The first shop she went in to look for some, is where she got these lovely rings - exactly the right fit as well as the right price. They are getting married on the 29th of Nov 08. We wish them all the best for their future.
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