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For the past 3 years we have been sharing our lives with Nthutu.
Most of the hands-on love she received was because of Marina's initiative.
In the end, it was my (Archie's) privilege to pray with her as she invited Christ into her life.
Here are some of the highs and lows so far:
Together we celebrated when she became pregnant.
Together we mourned when she lost her baby during birth.
Together we furnished her own one-bedroom place to stay, when her sister basically kicked her out.
Together we came up with a career-plan for her future.
Together we enjoyed her first-ever meal at the Spur when we she qualified as an auxiliary nurse.
Together we mixed cement with some of our students and built her a proper cement floor for her place. (Students gave money, someone chipped in with a carpet & someone else fixed her roof)
Together we debriefed her recent trip to the Eastern Cape, where she went to ask her ancestors to help her find a job.
Together we searched the Bible to get God's opinion on it. (Deut 18)
Together we prayed and asked God for forgiveness.
On her own, in our living room, she decided to invite Him into her life for the very first time, on July 24, 2009!
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I wrote down 12 Scriptures for her and encouraged her to keep reading it.
This morning, as Felix picked me up to take me to the airport, I asked her if she remembered the date when her new life began.
Her face immediately lit up as we started talking about that last Friday of July.
She then went on and virtually quoted John 1:12
“ Yet to all who received him to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.“
as well as: Revelation 3:20.
“ Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.”
At the same time she told us that on the way home she shared it with someone on the train.
What's more is that she even asked me that whenever she comes over to our house , if I would be willing to spend 15 minutes 'preaching' to her before anything else!
She gets it!
She's hungry for more!!
What an honour to be a co-laborer with Christ!
What a privilege to be part of a new birth!
What a great responsibility we have to create a nurturing environment where she can grow to full maturity in Christ!
Doing life with Nthutu is not part of our job-description. It's just part of what we as ordinary people do - loving people into God's Kingdom, one at a time.
Thanks for celebrating with us!
Here are some of the highs and lows so far:
Together we celebrated when she became pregnant.
Together we mourned when she lost her baby during birth.
Together we furnished her own one-bedroom place to stay, when her sister basically kicked her out.
Together we came up with a career-plan for her future.
Together we enjoyed her first-ever meal at the Spur when we she qualified as an auxiliary nurse.
Together we mixed cement with some of our students and built her a proper cement floor for her place. (Students gave money, someone chipped in with a carpet & someone else fixed her roof)
Together we debriefed her recent trip to the Eastern Cape, where she went to ask her ancestors to help her find a job.
Together we searched the Bible to get God's opinion on it. (Deut 18)
Together we prayed and asked God for forgiveness.
On her own, in our living room, she decided to invite Him into her life for the very first time, on July 24, 2009!
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I wrote down 12 Scriptures for her and encouraged her to keep reading it.
This morning, as Felix picked me up to take me to the airport, I asked her if she remembered the date when her new life began.
Her face immediately lit up as we started talking about that last Friday of July.
She then went on and virtually quoted John 1:12
“ Yet to all who received him to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.“
as well as: Revelation 3:20.
“ Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.”
At the same time she told us that on the way home she shared it with someone on the train.
What's more is that she even asked me that whenever she comes over to our house , if I would be willing to spend 15 minutes 'preaching' to her before anything else!
She gets it!
She's hungry for more!!
What an honour to be a co-laborer with Christ!
What a privilege to be part of a new birth!
What a great responsibility we have to create a nurturing environment where she can grow to full maturity in Christ!
Doing life with Nthutu is not part of our job-description. It's just part of what we as ordinary people do - loving people into God's Kingdom, one at a time.
Thanks for celebrating with us!
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