South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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, […]
Oh man. When I said goodbye to my two girls on the airport at Zanzibar, it was a terrible feeling. I knew the plane was taking them away from me and I had to continue my journey and nothing of it was pleasant. But I was so thankful that we […]
Can you believe it. I am writing to you from Zanzibar. Zanzibar! I have never even dreamed of going to Zanzibar. It is an exotic destination that was never in my reach as the wife of a church planter. Was not ever even on my mind. And yet…. Here I […]
Dr Clarence Emersley was a small, bald man who sported wide-rimmed spectacles and walked with an unnaturally healthy spring in his step for a man his age. He had been a teacher his entire life and had loved it, which explained why he was still teaching past retirement age. The […]
By Yasiri J Kasango Today, I can joke about what I don’t have – good vision and normal stature. But my lighthearted attitude wasn’t always so. Visual impairment, more often attributed to old age, is something I was born with. The trials with my sight cannot be corrected with prescription […]
Missionary Lydia Venter testifies of the good fruit that comes out of obeying God even when it doesn’t seem to make sense In Episode 9 I shared how a little playgroup developed into one of the largest ACE schools in Kenya. Well, it should also be remembered how this ACE […]
This trip is simply amazing. Last time I wrote to you was from the Serengeti and here I am, back in Dar Es Salaam, sharing all my encounters of the past 14 days. I have now traveled 11 000km and my car is in for a service at the Toyota Dealership […]
Lydia Venter continues her testimony from the mission field in Kenya of what can happen when God’s people act on dreams He gives them In the previous episode I shared how menopause affected my sleep and the manner in which the Lord woke me one night, showing me the exact […]
It feels totally surreal that I am writing to you from a starry night in the Serengeti, Tanzania. I am sleeping in my car tonight. It has been raining and is very muddy and I just could not put up my rooftop tent and for the hotels in Serengeti — […]