South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In this episode of Lydia Venter’s reports from the mission field, her husband, Wilco, share his story Episode 32 – Wilco’s Story … In chapter 31 I promised to share my hubby’s long and painful journey towards freedom in Christ as he had to deal with a horrible childhood trauma. […]
Veteran missionary in Kenya Lydia Venter shares a life-changing lesson she and her husband, Wilco, learned from a ministry colleague Allow me today to share a principle that has truly changed my hubby’s and my lives. Permit me also to be a bit vulnerable and to share something that affected […]
Missionary Lydia Venter continues to share about their adventures in the remote Kenyan village of Lomolo. In this episode she writes about building a small children’s library. “… when it was in building … there was neither hammer nor ax [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while […]
In the previous episode missionary Lydia Venter shared how they unexpectedly bought a piece of land in an obscure Kenyan village called Lomolo. In this chapter she writes about how God directed their steps to Lomolo. Initially we used the little mud house on the property in Lomolo as a […]
Lydia Venter’s account of her family’s missionary adventures in Kenya continues with a story about a place of destiny they nearly missed out on When we came to Kenya in 2001 we rented a 13-acre piece of land in Njoro and as time went by, the Lord started planting the […]
Veteran missionary Lydia Venter shares testimonies on God’s wisdom saving the day “And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them (Daniel and his friends) 10 times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.” — Daniel […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]