After a 3-months break, Lydia Venter picks up again on her riveting account of he family’s missionary adventures in Kenya Susan Ndungu became one of my first friends after we met in Njeri where we were invited to go and minister. We immediately clicked and over the years we grew […]
Testimonies
Julita explores from Cape to Cairo: Episode 4 — Africa arise!
I am writing to you from the shores of Lake Malawi. Can you believe it? I am already in country number five. As I am writing, there is a storm brewing outside and I cannot help but think of the time when Jesus was in the boat, fast asleep on […]
Julita explores from Cape to Cairo: Episode 3 — Into the unknown
A beautiful, lovely rain is falling as I am writing to you here, from Katima Mulilo. They have not had rain since September last year so this is sooo welcome. I have had quite an adventure the past two weeks. I attended a conference on my behalf in Buitepos, Namibia. That […]
TESTIMONY: Cups of kindness display Father’s love
Pictured above with me at my favourite coffee shop in Gqeberha (PE) is a truly beautiful soul. Her name is Melissa Chavura and she waitrons at this local establishment. She has been such an unexpected source of friendship, kindness and generosity to both me (recovering from a nervous breakdown and […]
Julita explores from Cape to Cairo: Episode 2 — The journey begins
Julita Kok is back on the road with God again — this time driving solo from Cape to Cairo on a mission called Kora 2022. In this episode she crosses her first border post Oh my word!!! And here I am writing to you from Ghanzi, Botswana. My journey has […]
Julita explores from Cape to Cairo: Episode 1 — The miracles begin
Julita Kok is back on the road with God again — this time driving solo from Cape to Cairo on a mission called Kora 2022. In her first, faith-building, fortnightly trip report for Gateway News she testifies of miracles that made the journey possible “God is not a man that […]
TESTIMONY: Dedicated prayer warrior fighting greatest battle of her life
In recent years Dr Fay Nqoloba has been at the forefront of mobilising intercessors across Africa to unite in prayer against evils confronting the continent. In this testimony she shares how the battle became personal in 2021 when her health came under double attack. The Cape Town-based president of Warrior […]
Julita trekking with God again — this time from Cape to Cairo
Earlier this year Julita Kok shared her travel adventures with God in South Africa and Namibia in a series of Jesus Take the Wheel articles in Gateway News. In this report she writes about an upcoming God assignment in which she will travel solo across the length of the African […]
TESTIMONY: Girl with the stockings — Lindy-Ann Hopley
I have always loved fashion. I love expressing God’s extravagance through what I wear. As I was getting dressed to attend a youth conference (Young Saints at Bethel Church in Redding, CA), God told me to wear a pair of funky patterned stockings with my pencil skirt. I was a bit unsure, but I am always excited to see what the Lord has planned. I came to the conference a […]
Our big God adventure: episode 14 — Six homeless boys bring Isaiah 58:7 to life!
Lydia shares about some more powerful, defining moments during the Venter family’s missionary journey in Kenya Initially, when we came to Kenya, I became overwhelmed with compassion every time I saw a child living on the street. Because we were also surrounded with needs, poverty and hopelessness in our ordinary […]