South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 highlights the importance of making time to connect with village children outside of their daily grind “… and do not hinder them … for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” — Mark 10:13 We are very much aware of the importance of reaching children […]
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 […]
What happens when we miss God through disobedience? Missionary Lydia Venter answers from experience Years ago, I’d asked Abba to burn certain experiences in my memory as a reminder — or, as I like to look at it, make it into an icon on the home screen of my heart. […]
In her latest testimony, missionary Lydia Venter illustrates the power of obedience and prayer God has shown us these profound and startling realities through His Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep mysteries of God. Who can see into a man’s heart and know his thoughts? Only the […]
Veteran missionary Lydia Venter shares a powerful testimony of how God’s forewarning saved lives “…I will tell you great things, hidden things of which you are unaware.” — Jeremiah 33:11b CJB“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, […]
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 […]
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 […]