Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead South Africa

Ministry in Qonce, South Africa

April 16 to September 15, 2026

 Keeping Silent Before Him

“But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him.”

Habakkuk 2:20 NLT

Greeting from Qonce, South Africa,

The Lord has been tugging at my heart to stay silent before Him. I have a morning prayer and devotional time with the Lord daily, but He is saying, “Even in the busiest of your day, keep silent before Me. When you are confronting difficult things, keep silent before Me! In your alone time, keep silent before Me!”  It seems like an impossible thing to do. God always calls us to what is impossible for us but never impossible for Him. Habakkuk 2:20, “But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him.”, is the call to worship on Sunday mornings in my home church Trinity Baptist Church of Los Angeles. I have heard and read this scripture for many years, “So what are you saying to me now Lord?”

When I read all of Habakkuk chapter two, Habakkuk is keeping silent before God and listening to God after complaining to God. God tells me through this scripture, “Your idols (anything you put your trust in apart from God) cannot save you or teach you. You must live by my Faith.” The Lord is replying to my complaints by telling me who He is in any situation. So, I must keep silent because God is in His holy temple. The Holy Spirit is living inside me. The Holy Spirit is speaking and when I am not silent before Him, I am out of step with the Holy Spirit. Keeping silent shows me how to agree with God, how to surrender to God and how to obey God.  I am so grateful also for how God puts the right people at the right time in my life to help me to keep silent before Him.

My students notice the posture of staying silent before the Lord because I am asking the Lord to show me how to teach my students. Keeping silent before the Lord brings about a calming effect on my students who want to talk a lot and can’t sit still. They work in groups which allow them to talk and help each other. As I work daily with autistic children and children with learning disability in Grades R to nine the Lord shows me how to help the students comprehend certain math topics. Staying silent before the Lord brings about greater understanding of needs of each of my students.

Ministry Highlights April 16 – September 15, 2026

 Bethany Emmanuel Baptist Church

• Teleios Christian School completed the playground for the students. They will offer net ball and soccer starting from July 22, 2026. The playground was dedicated sometime during the third term.

• Participated in Holiday Bible Club June 29-July 4, 2026. I introduce the children to International Ministries Global Servants and Joshua Project Unreached Frontier People.

  Bethel Baptist Church

• Visited SINAKO Organization for the blind and the disable. Bethel Baptist members are teaching the SINAKO members to make Xhosa beadwork
• Youth members participated in the Holiday Bible Club at Bethany Emmanuel Baptist Church as mentors

Calvary Baptist Church

• Youth members participated in the Holiday Bible Club at Bethany Emmanuel Baptist Church as mentors
• Calvary worked with three other churches to have Youth Rally on Monday, June 15, 2026
• Hosted a Youth Month fellowship

KwaZulu Natal Visit

• My first trip to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal Providence for a two days conference present by Global Servant Rodney Ragwam. I got a chance to talk to both Rodney and his lovely wife, Eva Ragwam.

•  Visted Global Servants Rick and Anita Gutierrez while I was there Durban. They also attended the conference. Their ministry is in KwaZulu-Natal.

 American Baptist Churches of Rocky Mountains

• Short-term mission team trip to the Qonce area.
• On Sunday the team preached and celebrated Women’s Month at five local churches in the Qonce area.
• They visited the local ministries on the ground such as Project Dorcas, SINAKO Organization for the Blind and Disable.
• They visited the three schools where I am tutoring math, Teleios Christian School, Jityaza Combine Primary School, Schornville Primary School and interacted with the students and teachers. They also donated soccer balls and school supplies to all the schools.
• We had for tea, coffee and cake in my new apartment and met some of my friends in South Africa

Visit from Area Director Karen Smith

• Visited Teleios Christian School

• Ensured that I was adjusting to the new ministry term of service in South Africa
• Checked on the new apartment I was leasing
• Checked on the new ministry vehicle that was purchased

Praise and Prayer Corner

Praise Report:

• I had a bad bout of the flu. I had a high fever and lost my voice for about three weeks. I did not rest until the Lord forced me to rest. I thank the Lord for my recovery and for friends who took care of me.

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
• Teleios Christian School Ministry and Busy Bee Pre-school
• Extended Community and Village School Ministry – Two adopted schools: Jityaza Combined Primary School (7^th Grade students – one day a week), Schornville Primary School (5^th Grade Students- one day a week) and Five visitation school sites: 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 and Pastor Brian Takutha ) in Qonce, Bethel Baptist Church (Pastor Tembani Zani) in Ginsberg and Calvary Baptist in Breidbach (Pastor Abdul Ohlson)
• Educators to train myself, the teachers at Teleios Christian school and teaches Jityaza Combine Primary School and Schornville Primary school to properly teach and educate Autistic and Special Needs children.
• Outreach ministry at SINAKO Organization for Blind and Disabled and Project Dorcas to provide vocational training for adults, young adults and teens that are special needs.

Personal:

• My family and MPT Agape to keep on growing in the Lord
• 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 (Hearing from you helps me a lot and I love praying for your specific needs and hearing your praise reports.)
• Missionary families, especially those with children
• International Ministries leadership and staff

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

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

God bless and keep you all,

Faye Carol

Global Servant

Qonce, South Africa

Contact:

Email: fyarbrough@internationalministries.org

https://www.internationalministries.org/author/faye-yarbrough/

https://www.facebook.com/FayeCarolFullSTEMAhead

https://www.instagram.com/fayecarolfullstemahead

https://mobile.twitter.com/Fayestem