South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The final episode of Julita’s latest journey with God And so I arrived home with much love!! When I arrived in my hometown of Kleinmond in the Western Cape, the Traffic and Fire Department escorted me and a whole group of people including the Mayor’s Office and the DA ward […]
Next month Christian band FRANK AND I are starting a Holy Spirit-inspired national schools festival tour aimed at stirring hope among South Africa’s youth. In a recent interview, band member Johan Brits shared some of the God adventures that he and Frank Furniss experienced along the way to their current […]
Another inspiring testimony from missionary Lydia Venter about adventures with God in Kenya Over the years we have often been invited to minister in churches and conference.s In June, 2003, Pastor Korir from Woleman Ministries invited me to speak at a Women’s Conference at their church in Kericho. I gladly […]
What a journey this has been so far!! How do you truly tell someone all you have experienced and learned and endured? I do not know how because it is a wealth of stories and experiences and adventure with God that can simply not be translated into words.But I will […]
As I am writing to you tonight, I am at a loss for words to describe the goodness of God. Last time I told you that I was turning around and heading back to SA. Since then I have had a wonderful surprise. My 23-year-old daughter phoned to say that […]
The day I met Dennis, I was a little alarmed, to say the least. My minister had asked me to take the 20-year-old under my wing and try to work with him on the farm. He was an addict with a preference for ‘Tik’ and from our initial meeting, it […]
Veteran South African missionary in Kenya, Lydia Venter, shares more testimonies of trials — and blessings — on the mission field. On November 3 2012 my husband Wilco met a guy, claiming to be a mechanic, at the Shell Petrol Station on the Nakuru-Nairobi highway. We had placed an advertisement […]
Kenya and beyond The last time I wrote to you was from Nairobi, Kenya. Since then a whole lot has happened and I am going to try and capture some highlights as just so much has happened. Kenya was good to me. What an amazing nation. Intelligent people with vision, […]
Missionary in Kenya Lydia Venter shares more memorable dog tales Animals have always been a huge part of our lives. In a country where our main task is to make disciples of Jesus in a culture that is so different from ours, we’ve always found it such a happy place […]
Missionary in Kenya Lydia Venter remembers the challenges of arranging a particular birthday party — as well as the great blessing that came out of the celebration The year was 2012 and the month was September. Since May of that year we’d been living with 11 kids under our roof, […]