Page 4 - Good News July 2017 paper

"She is a normal, simple woman, who did something sensible and
realistic. But that's exactly what Jesus can use to plant a church for a
whole village with 450 inhabitants in one single day," reports Danie
Vermeulen, Dawn Co-ordinator for Southern Africa.

"Kerry was a normal member of a church in Richards Bay, South
Africa. She had volunteered to organize water and food for the women
with babies waiting for the doctor in Kwambonambi. One day, a lot of
food was left over, and she sensed God prompting her to go to the
neighbouring Slovo Camp to see if anyone was hungry. She
discovered 450 people living in extreme poverty.

Touched, she decided to take food there every day. On the third day,
three men addressed her; it turned out that they were the leaders of the
Community.

"We want to talk with you. Why do you do that? Why do you give the
people food?" they asked. "Jesus told me to do it," she said.
"So which Company does this Jesus work for?" one of them asked.
"He doesn't work for a Company," she said. "He is God."
"Can we meet this Jesus, your God? If He notices this group of 450
poor slum-dwellers in this huge universe, he must be the true God. If
we can meet Him, the whole Community will serve Him," one of the
men said.
Kerry told them that she would introduce them to Jesus the following
Saturday. Back in her church, she asked for the Jesus Film and 1 000
meals for the following Saturday, so that everyone could have enough
to eat, and see that God is not miserly, but has more than enough to
provide for all.

That Saturday, everyone ate as much as they wanted; it was the best
meal which many of them had ever eaten. Several children ate meat for
the first time in their lives.

In the evening, they watched the Jesus Film. At the end, all 450
accepted Jesus as their Lord. A church was planted, known as the
Slovo Camp Church - through a woman who just made herself
available to Jesus!" says Vermeulen.
- Friday Fax

And now just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust Him too, for
each day's problems; live in vital union with Him. Let your roots grow
down into Him and draw up nourishment from Him. See that you go
on growing in the Lord, and become strong and vigorous in the truth
you were taught. Let your lives overflow with joy and thanksgiving
for all He has done.
Don't let others spoil your faith and joy with their philosophies, their
wrong and shallow answers built on men's thoughts and ideas,
instead of on what Christ has said. For in Christ there is all of God in a
human body; so you have everything when you have Christ, and you
are filled with God through your union with Christ. He is the highest
Ruler, with authority over every other power.
(Colossians 2:6-10 Life Application Bible)