STEM Ministry in Qonce, South Africa

August – October 2023

GOD Sent

Hello Family, Friends, and Ministry Partners:

Greetings to all of you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As you settle into the fall and anticipating the winter months, I am experiencing a very rainy Spring, (We need the rain.) and looking forward to a wonderful summer holiday in December.

The Lord always lets me see something new in scripture that I did not see before. It is always something I need for the day and something I need to share. I must share this new insight with you all.  In the Gospel of John, Chapter, the religious leaders are asking John the Baptist, “Who are you? Are you the messiah? Are you a prophet? Why are you baptizing? Who gave you the authority to baptize?” John the Baptist just answers, “no”. When asked about his authority, John the Baptist just points everyone to Jesus who was to come and standing in their midst right now. He was sent by God to baptize with water. John the Baptist says in John 1:33, “I didn’t know He was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, He told me, “The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.”  John the Baptist was fulfilling his God-given purpose. He may have still had some doubts as we see in the Gospel of John Chapter 3. John the Baptist was still baptizing with water, He questions Jesus if he is the Messiah. Then when his time in ministry came to an end, he accepted God’s plan.  The word of God spoke to me saying, “You may have your times of doubt but remember God sent you.” I felt comforted by these words. I am encouraged and enjoying ministry as the word of God speaks to me daily. I get to share the word of God with my learners and the teaching staff as I work with them in classroom. I was able to see also that God was sending my learners to fulfill their God-given purpose into this world (Xhosa word, Ihlbathi pronounced e-ll-ba-ti). In the process of being sent I always point everyone to Jesus. He alone saves us, sends us and equips us through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Ministry Highlights

Teleios Christian School 9^th grade classroom upgrade. Thank you MPT (Missionary Partnership Team) Agape for the seeds you are planting.

Teleios Christian School Leaners – 7-8^th Grade Career Day, 2^nd Grade Math Project with Shapes, 4^th Grade Teacher Goodbye   

Baptist Women on the Move for Christ – In Zambia with the Baptist Women of Southern Africa, In South Africa with Border Baptist Women in the Eastern Cape and the New President of the Women’s Ministry Network of the Baptist Union

• Working with the 4^th grade teacher, Fezeka Tukuta until the end of the school year. I am helping Fezeka to prepare learners for their final mathematics exam. Fezeka was the reading tutor and the Bible teacher. She is photographed below with four students who scored the highest marks on the scripture exam and the school Assistant Principal, Lawrence Shava.

• Started working with two women who are starting their own NPO called YONA. YONA will be working to give training in overall beauty, health and wellness.
• Helping parents to find resources for continuing education resources after leaving Teleios Christian School.

Praise Report:

• The Lord helped me to complete the paperwork to renew my three-year visa to stay in South Africa. I should have my new visa by December 2023.
• One of my learners, who attends individualized math tutoring class, is learning better with an interactive web-based program. God is showing me how to tutor my student.

Prayer Requests:

• Pray for the planning of the first short-term mission trip to South Africa by my MPT Agape members.
• Teleios Christian School Ministry – 2023 school year. Pray for Learners as they take their final exams, their families, Principal, Assistant Principal, Teachers, Teacher Aids, and Custodians.
• Extended Village School Ministry – two adopted schools Jityaza Combined Primary School and Forbes Grant High School – Working on how to walk alongside the students and administrators.
• God will continue to show me ways to help the learners and that I show them the love of Jesus.
• Bethany Emmanuel Baptist Church and Project Dorcas Women’s Vocational Training Program
• Extended ministry outreach to two village churches, Calvary Baptist in Breidbach Township and Bethel Baptist Church in Ginsberg Township
• Special Education teachers to help train the teachers at Teleios Christian school and extended ministry schools.
• Xhosa Language – Better pronunciation and speaking with boldness
• Simple Afrikaans greeting as I visit some churches with only mixed-race congregation. The Google app pronounce Afrikaans words and also translated as people are speaking.
• The ministry of letting Christ be known through Math and Science tutoring at Teleios Christian School and surrounding villages
• Pray for my family and MPT Agape
• Our recognizing that God has brought us together to be a witness for Christ in the lives of children in South Africa as well as in your 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
• My sending organization International Ministries

“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

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