Today we went out to distribute food that was donated from Pick-n-Pay. As always the food was mainly an excuse to go out and visit people, many of them folks that were at the VIP banquet last Saturday. To see the faces light up as we approached, to see their excitement to have [...]
10.12A Great Banquet
This past week at the Powerhouse was a big one. Since last weekend, there has been an enormous tent set up outside the church, and it’s been all-hands-on-deck to prepare for the “Crusade” service each evening.
As a way to conclude the Crusade, the Powerhouse threw [...]
10.06Teaching Web Design
For more than a month now I’ve been developing and teaching an advanced-level class at the computer school offered at the Powerhouse. The class is on web design, meets three times per week and will run through the end of November (for those interested, I am teaching Dreamweaver). All the students have graduated from [...]
On Wednesday, September 24, the women of the Powerhouse Church gathered together to celebrate Heritage Day, a national holiday in South Africa, as the kick-off event for the newly re-energized Powerhouse’s Women’s Ministry. The day was a huge success! The sanctuary was beautifully decorated with African [...]
Will arrived last Friday, and I returned from the States on Tuesday. At long last, our team is complete! Here we are last night celebrating the news of Africa Revolution receiving its long-awaited 501(c)3 status—great news given that AR’s IRS application has been in process for almost a year. Let’s just say the song “Cel-ebrate [...]
09.21Melting My Heart
We had the privilege of serving the poor twice this week, due to a very large donation of food from one of the local stores we visited last week! There are tons of stories I could share about how those experiences affected me and the team, but I wanted to just share one story [...]
In about an hour we leave for the Jo-burg airport. I am headed back to the U.S. for the next 10 days to witness and celebrate the marriage of my dear, lifelong friend Shilo Groover in Little Rock.
While I’m excited to see and spend time with friends and family in Alabama and Arkansas, admittedly, [...]
“As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!” —Psalm 40:17
Last Saturday, we joined the Powerhouse in serving a few families in the community who Vincent knew were [...]