Events & News (Page 16)
About 600 gathered on 17 November to thank the Lord for the opening of a new KSB branch near Hammanskraal, North of Pretoria. Mr Monaledi is the leader at the new branch. He was once a cleaner in the Presidential offices of De Klerk, Mandela and Mbeki. He works together with Pastor W. Engelbrecht who…
This is the season for co-workers to bring the Gospel to local schools. Between 6 and 8 schools are visited every morning. In South Africa assemblies are still held before school begins. This usually takes place at about 7:30 or 7:45 am. In these 15 minutes Kwasizabantu co-workers (mostly from the KSB choir) can sing…
A camp for Grade 12 students in the Free State Province of South Africa was held at Mission Kwasizabantu Goldfields (Virginia) from 22 September to 11 October 2013. The purpose of this camp was to give the Matrics (12th Grade) an opportunity to study in a safe environment for their final exams while the Gospel…
Latest: A team returned from the Eastern Cape area on 1 September. They visited 43 schools which had about 21,000 children. The response was a blessing to witness. Another team is in the Cape visiting about 97 schools. This year has seen more schools reached with the Gospel than ever before. Co-workers and young people…
In July and early August there were fruitful conferences in different places. Rev Erlo Stegen and some others preached on the theme “Are you ready to meet God?” In Switzerland he preached on Amos 4:12b “Prepare the way for the Lord.” Rev Stegen preached in great authority. It was a blessed time as he highlighted different aspects…
28 June: Sports. Various soccer, netball and volleyball teams compete against each other. The final service was taken by Rev Erlo Stegen. Speaking from Romans 8:19 “For the creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be #8221; 27 June: Testimonies have had a powerful influence at these services (where about 6000…
The Creche at Maqhogo recently received a gift of soccer balls. The 19 children from the area have just one teacher, Zukiswa Ndinda. The Kwasizabantu mission there is advancing one step at a time. It is just 4 years old. One of the main ways in reaching out to the population there has been to…
On 1 June a team from Kwasizabantu visited one of the areas where orphans received quilts from the Netherlands and groceries from the mission. A group of ladies from Gouda in Holland had donated 62 hand-made quilts for the orphans. We used this as an opportunity to distribute much need groceries which included: flour, maize-meal,…
A 1000 hectare piece of land has been given to Kwasizabantu mission in the south of Angola. Rev Stegen flew on 29 May 2013 to Rundu. From there they were driven across the Kavango river to Mucusso. A pont or “dug outs” will transport them across the river.
The highest non-academic award was conferred on Rev Erlo Stegen at a North-West University ceremony for doctoral students on 23 May 2013. The dean of the education faculty, Prof Robert Balfour, read the following (summarised): “Rev Stegen received the Chancellor’s Medal for his humanitarian work among poor rural Stegen was born in 1935 on…