Hello Family, Friends, and Ministry Partners,

Greetings and Blessings to you and your family in the name of our Risen Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. I hope that you are all enjoying your summer with family and friends. My home assignment has reached the halfway mark. I only have six more months before I return to South Africa. I am excited to return but know that I will be longing to see my family.

All moments of my life belong to God, but there are moments when we hear God speaking. His voice brings order to our chaotic situations. Philippians 4:8 is one bible verse reminding me to drown out the noise of the day and focus only on God’s voice. Through all my day-to-day struggles God gets the glory.

The learners(students) and their families are on this journey to find educational resources to meet the needs of their special needs children for their children. Resources in Qonce and surrounding villages are limited, getting evaluated is costly, and qualified teachers are in the bigger cities. God then comes into these moments of what can’t be done and shines His light on His unlimited possibilities. God provides the funding from local and international partners

The Lord shows my colleagues each day what they must learn to effectively teach each child and how to engage each parent.  Some teaching techniques come from a teacher’s own experience, some techniques come from the children’s parents giving some insights on how they help their child to thrive, and other techniques come from short-term missionaries visiting our schools or conducting online training. The Lord uses all these converging moments to help a fourth grader learn to read better after two terms in school. A first-grade learner is now able to tell everyone about her family after several months of nonverbal communication. Our learners(students) are also learning math, science, computers, sewing, cooking, art, and studying the bible to better prepare them to solve real world problems.

God has placed an excitement in my heart to get back to Qonce and see what the Lord is doing. I can’t wait to collaborate further with the partner churches on extending the ministry into the community of Breidbach and the villages of Ginsberg, Tyutyu, and Etembeni.  I am anticipating these God moments to take us all out of our comfort zone and come to the end of ourselves. He has already caused lovely, admirable, praiseworthy and excellent things to happen more than once and He is going to do it again more than I or anyone can imagine.

Together with the partner’s churches in Qonce, South Africa, my old and new faithful giving partners, we are allowing some parents, who mix Ancestor Worshippers with Christianity. to see that only Jesus can change their lives and the lives of their children. Parents can look at their children as truly a gift from God and not a curse.  We will all pray for and follow God’s purpose and plan. We all have our part in each God moment even if it is messy and complicated.

While on home assignment I still need your ongoing financial support to finish out this fifth year as a fully funded commissioned global servant. I also need your renewed commitment to another five years as a commissioned global servant to Qonce, South Africa.

Ministry Highlights (East Coast)

Church Visitation and Regional Events

April 2025 – New Hope Baptist Church, Preston, Georgia, Fourth Street Baptist Church, Columbus, Georgia, and Saint Paul Baptist Church, Montclair, New Jersey

May 2025 – American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS) Regional Meeting, The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM), First Baptist Church, Melrose, Massachusetts, and Florida Avenue Baptist Church, Washington DC (online),

June 2025   International Ministry Debriefing and Sharing, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, First Baptist Church of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, American Baptist Church of Los Angeles, Southwest and Hawaii (ABCOFLASH) Juneteenth Discussion (online), Union Baptist Church, Montclair, New Jersey, Bethesda Baptist Church of New Rochelle, New Jersey

Ministry Highlights

Qonce, South Africa

April – June 2025

 Bethany Emmanuel Baptist Church

• Three persons gave their lives to Christ and were baptized
• Women’s Ministry Network Reload Conference 2025 (One person sponsored by our ministry partners and friends)
• Holiday Bible Club 2025 (Five Children were sponsored by our ministry partners and friends)

Bethel Baptist Church

• Two young persons gave their lives to Christ and were baptized
• Youth Rally 2025 – attended by 15 children and youth
• SINAKO organization for the blind – Completed beaded necklaces for sale locally and for the USA.

Calvary Baptist Church

• Calvary Women’s Ministry presented “Breaking Generational Cycles” workshop
• Participated in the Breidbach community Church Sports Day

Praise Report:

• I spent family time with my brothers, aunts, cousins and friends on the East Coast. Surprised my brother for his 60^th

Prayer Requests:

Ministry:

• The ministry of letting Christ be known by working with and advocating for special needs children; engaging parents and learners through Math and the Sciences
• My 6 remaining months of home-assignment in the USA
• Teleios Christian School Ministry and Busy Bee Pre-school
• Extended Community and Village School Ministry – Seven adopted schools: Jityaza Combined Primary School, Forbes Grant High School, Ginsberg Pre-school, Breidbach High School, Breidbach Primary School, and Breidbach Pre-school – Collaborating with the students and administrators
• Bethany Emmanuel Baptist Church (Pastor Reuben Ihlenfeldt) in Qonce, Bethel Baptist Church (Pastor Tembani Zani) in Ginsberg and Calvary Baptist in Breidbach (Pastor Abdul Ohlson)
• Special Education teachers to help train the teachers at Teleios Christian school and at the village schools
• Outreach ministry at SINAKO Organization for Blind and Disabled and Project Dorcas Vocational training for Women and Young Adults

Personal:

• My family and MPT Agape
• God will continue to show us how to be a witness for Christ in the lives of children in South Africa as well as in our local area in the United States
• ‘Partners’ and ‘friends’ specific prayer requests (Please email me, I love hearing from you, praying for your specific needs and hearing your praise reports.)
• Missionary families, especially those with children
• International Ministries leadership, staff, and missionaries

Friends, family, and ministry partners, thank you for your financial and spiritual support. You all have sustained and covered me with prayers.

Bethel Baptism

“Enkosi kakhulu, ndiyabulela.” (Thank you very much, I am grateful.)

God bless and keep you all,

Faye Carol

Global Servant

Qonce, South Africa

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