April, a Month of Appreciation

Paardeberg Mountain Retreat held its first Youth Rally of the year during April. We took our youth from Swartland to attend. They had such fun with all the games that had been planned and of course the food is always delicious when prepared by Suzanne McRoberts! A member of our Church Planting Team, Derek Exner, shared the gospel with the teenagers and we pray that many of them took the time to think and pray about what they heard that night! Thank you to PMR for all the planning and effort put into this rally, our kids loved it!

We visited “Blue Downs Baptiste Gemeente” this past month in Blue Downs, Western Cape where Deon was given the opportunity to preach. Their pastor is back on furlough in the United States for a year. The Blue Downs Baptiste church family has a special place in my heart because I served alongside many of the people we saw today during the years 2000-2004 while I was a single missionary serving on the team establishing this church plant. It was wonderful getting to see old friends and making new friends as we fellowshipped at Blue Downs Baptist. The congregation had an interim pastor but he unexpectedly had to withdraw because he learned that he has colon cancer and would have to under go extensive surgery and endure a long recovery. Please be praying for Pastor Richter and his wife Sandy.

We have been getting ready to leave for the States over the last few months and this month has been filled with a lot of preparation and packing! All that we have been doing has slowly been coming together, from contacting potential supporting churches in the States to moving all of our belongings into storage. The Lord has calmed our hearts as we take this big step of faith and leave all that we know behind to start deputation. Every aspect of the plans we’ve made have come together and we look forward to serving the Lord in the USA over the next five months.

Waiting in Johannesburg
for our Flight to Heathrow

Please be praying with us:

1.)   … as we leave in early May and travel across to the United States. Pray for us as we present the ministry the Lord has laid on our hearts for the town of Malmesbury.

2.)   … our son, Ruan, as he adjusts to hearing only English spoken around him, the airplane rides and road trips and the many crèche’s (nurseries) he’ll be expected to be in as we visit each church.

3.)   … for spiritual strength as we attend the Biblical Ministries Worldwide’s candidate class in July!

Ruan Loved the Plane Rides!

We appreciate all that the Lord is doing in our lives and to everyone across the world that have been praying for Swartland Baptiste Gemeente, the Multi-lingual Team and our family as we serve the Lord together. 

written by: Michelle Rensburg