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Name: Jennie-Meade Hawthorne
“Do you love the Lord? Do
you love the Lord?” –A key phrase from one of the many songs Fola
(are resident guide) taught us. It was the introduction to every team
meeting, prayer, announcements, etc. While the phrase did get a little
old, it actually encouraged me to continually evaluate how my relationship
with the Lord was looking. This trip certainly expanded my understanding
of Gods provision. You his children and his delight in showing his plan
for us!
Name: Patrick Brindle
-God really convinced me that
he was the one things that was going to change the lives of the South
Africans. Not hunger relief agencies, not medical relief agencies, but
orgs like YWAM that delivers the message of a food and water that
doesn’t leave kids hungry or thirsty…Lecka bru.
- God not only moved mountains
in the lives of the South Africans through this trip, but dominated
mountains in my own personal life like insecurities, doubts and fears.
Also I’ve never seen a people more ripe for the harvest then the men,
women and children of South Africa. Now with this realization comes
the understanding of the dire need for Godly men, women and children
to not only harvest this fragile fruit, but to disciple these ripe warriors.
If you feel even the slightest tug towards this land, Go. These people
need the true Gospel and are more than ready for the Abundant life.
Name: Stevie Smith
God really used YWAM Orlando
and Worcester South Africa to teach me a lot about who God is and who
I am to God. He spoke to me about life and how important it is to not
grow complacent and comfortable. HE told me not to walk away from my
experience sorrowful like the rich young ruler, but to be willing to
sell everything I have and follow him. To educate myself on world issues
and sell out to him completely!
Name: Rita Vienne
How God transforms your heart
to beat more like his. His love for us, his children is incredible.
In almost 47 years I never experienced his love like I did in South
Africa. Every face I saw whether it was hurting or joyful, I saw Jesus.
Name: Eleanor Striplin
-In South Africa God taught
me how he is the only answer to injustice all over the world. He chooses
to use us to be the hands and feet that bring him to restore that brokenness.
-In South Africa God truly
broke my heart with what breaks his.
Name: Justin Berg
-Working with kids who had
so little was intense. We got to see how much simple attention could
affect their world.
- I got to touch wild penguins,
eat ostrich, build a brac pit, go to the southern tip of Africa and
preach the gospel in the public South Africa school system.
- One cool aspect of our trip
was getting to build a soup kitchen that would continue to affect the
lives of South African children after we left the country.
- We learned so much from everyone.
From the long-term YWAMers, the locals and from each other.
Name: Danny Jackson
South Africa made me realize
that being a Christian doesn’t mean staying in your comfortable bubble
with everyday luxuries we so often take for granted. Rather it means
stepping out of your comfort zone and doing as Christ did. Go to those
that are neglected and less fortunate and love them. Show them what
the love of Christ looks and feels like.
Name: Caroline Herrera
God opened up my heart to the
children and people of Worcester South Africa. I wanted to serve God
by serving others but I came to find that the people of Worcester resemble
so many of God’s characteristics. I’ve never seen people so open
to the gospel. Whatever expectations I had about South Africa have been
left behind because God has allowed me to experience the real thing.
Name: Peter Vienne
This trip redirected my life.
By responding to God’s call to go to South Africa God revealed his
heart to me for the 3rd world and confirmed my future in
missions. The GO Team was the perfect way for my family to be introduced
to missions and hear the voice of God for our future.
Name: Kim Brown
-God unveiled my eyes that
he is a great and loving God and that he can move mountains. I had put
God into my own expectations of who he was and what he could do. Going
to Africa I saw that God was not limited. That he is powerful and he
wants his love to be shared and poured out to his people all over the
world.
-God can use anyone. Everyone
has a voice and everyone is worthy to be used in his name.
-It’s not about me; it’s
all about God.
-I realized that God could
and can still use me for his works after all this time. All the things
God did through me and for me will be unforgettable and I will be forever
changed.
-“Everyone ends up somewhere,
very few people end up somewhere on purpose.” Coming on this GO Team
I want to make sure that I follow in God’s purpose for my life and
end up exactly where he wants me to be at the right time. I do not want
to miss anything.
Jer 29:11-14
Name: Sarah Jane Rinds
I have never felt the love
and compassion that I felt for the children of South Africa. God really
used this time to teach me how to love unconditionally and to show me
this is how he loves me.
Name: Michelle Cornelison
I have never seen a group of
people so open and accepting of the gospel, and I am so grateful for
the privilege of sharing it with them. What they desperately need is
discipleship and for more people who are willing to come and give themselves
up for the people of South Africa.
Name: Luis Contreras
My time in South Africa taught
me how to further have a servant’s heart. I got to experience first
hand ministry the way I never have before. I learned how to forgive
myself, overcome my insecurities and walk with Jesus everyday. The people
of South Africa taught me the true meaning of Joy, they way God had
intended it to be. God really revealed his love for me on this trip
by how he filled me with compassion for the people of South Africa.
Not to mention I got to see penguins, that was awesome. |
