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Hey Folks!
A very happy new year to you all. So sorry that it has taken us so long to get any ind of update out this month, we have a very busy start to the year (read more below) and so we are only now getting settled in to the reality of a new month and a new year! To further complicate things we are going away next week and so we are really pushed for time...hence the lack of a nice shiny pdf this month!
Festive Season
We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year with Vicky's folks, the boys really enjoyed having family around and for the first time Elijah really seemed to understand what Christmas was about which was a blessing to us. We saw the new year in with friends, it was nice to see how God has blessed us and planted us here in Paarl, we feel very much at home here now.
Missions Team
The missions team from California have been and gone, what a wild two weeks that was! We were very busy during that time, but in a very good and productive way. Our holiday Bible club at Bergendal school was really blessed, we had about 80 kids on average per day who really had a great time. We also had chance to reach out to some of the teenagers and adults from the local farm communities, something that we'd never been able to do before. It was obvious that everyone was really touched by the club - the teachers held a special lunch to thank the team for all of their hardwork. We were able to do some repairs around the school and clear away a whole heap of rubbish that had accumulated there over time. God really used this time to open up a door for a greater work at Bergendal, I've always been a bit on the fringe there but now I know all of the teachers and can continue to minister to them over the coming months. God is good!!
Skate Outreach
Thanks to everyone who has been praying in regards to skate outreach - one of the other blessings of the team being here is that someone sponsored all the timber/steel needed to build a small skate ramp known as a funbox. Dave will be getting to work putting it all together asap, we'll put a pic in the next update. Please keep on praying for us...we now have issues of how to transport the ramp and where to place it, but we know God will bring all of this together since this is His plan anyway, not ours! Also please pray for opportunities for us to get to know the skaters and build relationship with them.
Visas
So the saga continues - Dave spent 30mins on the phone to the Home Affairs Office in Pretoria the other day - still no news on our applications, so we have opened new cases for each of us in order that the whole matter can be investigated again! It is almost comical at this stage, five months after we applied to renew! But we are legally allowed to stay until they reach a decision, no matter how long that takes. Continued prayer would be appreciated.
Jo'Burg
So we are off to Johannesburg next week to visit with some friend there for 5 days or so, to have a little time away from home and a bit of a break. Praise God for His provision so that we can take this trip. Please pray that the boys would have a great time and be settled. Thanks.
General
The kids are growing up so fast! Elijah is getting very confident and talks in full sentences, non-stop! He is loving nursery school. Murdo is crawling at breakneck speed and took his first steps independent of us yesterday evening. We are all suffering with the insane heat here in Paarl but are just taking it one day at a time. We have a genuine sense of excitement about 2012 and what God is going to o in our lives and in the church here in Paarl. God is stirring our hearts to prayer more fervently and increasing our faith in Him - The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much - James 5:16. Anything is possible this year!
Prayer Points
Praise God for 2012 and all that He has planned for this year
Praise God for such a lovely time with the Royles over Christmas and New Year
Praise God for the team and all the blessings that came with their visit
Praise God for our impending break away and His provision
Praise God for our lovely boys and their ongoing development
Please pray for our visa to be granted quickly!
Please pray for God to bless the outreach work at Bergendal School
Please pray for God to lead us in regard to Skate ministry.
Thanks for your ongoing friendship, love, support and prayers, we can't do this without you.
In Christ - Dave, Vicky, Elijah & Murdo xxxx
Dave, Vicky, Elijah & Murdo Emmerson
Calvary Chapel Paarl Valley, Paarl, South Africa
www.ccpaarloutreach.blogspot.com
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Dave and Vicky Emmerson with one of the local workers
Kids Clubs on the farms bring smiles to underprivileged children of farm workers.
Children living in poverty often have responsibility for younger siblings with pressures that rob them of their childhood.