to see photo album of presentation

From Thursday morning, 14 February, till Saturday evening 16 February 2008, a special event to promote missions was held at Moreleta Park Dutch Reformed Church. Various mission organisations were represented with stalls and could make presentations at seminars. There was much interest in the Kwasizabantu Mission stall (manned by Ingrid Burger, Esther Bornman and Danie Bosman) with it's posters, pamphlets and wide-screen video presentation of "When God Comes Down". On Saturday there were about 15 presentations made in various parts of the 6,000 seater Moreleta Park Church. K. Olsen presented a one hour seminar, with slides, on the topic of "How can a mission be self-sustainable - Kwasizabantu as a model". To read more about this talk click or download the Word document here. To see the slides which were part of the talk go to this page with the downsized photos.   Take note that the more basic, primary projects are emphasized because most of the missionaries who attended the Missions Fest were from African countries where it is not possible for them to imitate the high-tech Kwasizabantu projects. At the end of the talk, K. Olsen referred to the importance of God's blessing on mission work. Any project, no matter how good it may seem, is doomed to failure if the Lord Jesus Christ is not at the very centre of it. In Deut 28 we read how God will bless those who diligently obey His voice. His blessing will be upon them, their children, their fields, their livestock, etc.

Free CD's with the speech, various powerpoint presentations, and the book `Revival among the Zulus' by Rev Erlo Stegen, in different languages, was included on the CD Rom. (If you haven't seen the book and the many languages it is available in, click here, and scroll down to the bottom)

For more information you may contact about the missions fest concept:   

Pretoria Mfest:          Gerald Golbeck  mfest@metmissions.org.za  or phone   +27 12 321 9964 

French Africa:            Jean Beya jmbea2000@telkomsa.net

International MFest :  Richard Dodding  richard@missionsfestvancouver.ca