Until the Spirit stops us..

God has sent us here to minister to the community in which we live, to BEAM, and to the University of Pretoria, and in each of those places we have seen His hand at work. In just a couple days however, He will call only three of us to Pretoria, three of us to Johannesburg, and three of us to Durban. Before I go on to explain, I want to share this piece of Scripture with you that has been both a comfort and encouragement to me in this big and sudden transition 

of our ministry: 

Then they went from town to town, instructing the believers to follow the decision made by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in their faith and grew larger every day. Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the Word in the province of Asia at that time. Then coming to the borders of Mysia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus did not allow  them to go there. So instead, they went on through Mysia to the seaport of Troas. That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, “Come 

over to Macedonia and helps us!” So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once, having concluded that God was calling us to preach the Good News there. (Acts 16:4-10) 

One thing about Paul’s ministry that I have learned and been greatly challenged by is that it was always Spirit-led. If you notice in Scripture, they go from town to town, growing people in their faith and continue to do so until the Spirit tells them otherwise. Coming to South Africa, I knew that our ministry would be at BEAM and TUKS in which we have been a part of this first month and seen much fruit; praise God! But God’s plans were so much greater than these places alone. As I've mentioned before, there is 11 campus staff total, spread thin across the entire country of South Africa. Having nine of us placed all on one campus is more than half of their entire staff in one location. After a lot of prayer and direction from Jaquie, we felt the Lord calling our team to split and be sent to effectively reach the country at large. 6 people on the team will continue to live in Pretoria, but three of them will commute 3 days/week to Johannesburg to do ministry on the U.J. campus, while the other three remain on the Pretoria campus as it is now. The other three on the team, Ryan (my team leader), Amanda, and myself will pack our bags and move to Durban on February 10th. Durban is about 8 hours (driving distance) southeast of Pretoria. There is only one part-time staff member on the Kwazulu Natal campus and our hope is to come alongside him to help start a movement of students who will reach others for Christ. I’m sure you can imagine, but there are a lot of changes that come along with moving away from our team and into a very new ministry. But my hopes are high. God has called me to South Africa…He never specified where. He just told me to go, and so I came. And I will continue to go, until the Spirit tells me otherwise.