It's Been Too Long...

It has definitely been far too long since our last update...

In these past 8 weeks, we have seen so much growth in the ministry... as well as in our own lives.

We are still recovering from last week's Calvary Chapel Africa Conference. It was so awesome! A lot of things are still soaking in & it seems that everyone came home with a cold...

The speakers were amazing last week! We journeyed through the first 13 chapters of Acts, studying how the Holy Spirit empowered the early church to accomplish the work of God & is still doing so, as long as we're willing to yield our lives to the Lord.

We met up with some friends of ours, David & Vicky Emmerson, from Scotland at the conference. They are staying with us this week as they check out Paarl & everything that's going on within the ministry.

In Paarl, its starting to heat up... the weather, as well as the different ministries. We are up and running with the Christian Club @ Klien Nederburg Secondary (High School). We have a great group of students meeting with us Friday afternoons as we make our way through 1 John & cover many basic topics involving the Christian walk. We even have a couple teachers attending the club too.
Once a month, we have the opportunity to go into the Drakenstein Hospice and minister to AIDS patients via praise & worship music. I play for about an hour, while the AIDS patients jam along with me on various percussion instruments. Its such a blast! Seeing the love of Christ impact the beautiful people at the hospice is such a blessing. We participated in the Hospice 3km Kiddie Walk last weekend. We finished dead last, but were just thrilled to be there.

Joy is also volunteering at the Bowy House, a home for young children (mostly infants & toddlers) directly affected by AIDS. Joy goes every Monday from 4pm-6pm & helps with dinner & bathing as the kids are settling in for the evening. She loves it & I am always blessed with the fun stories she brings home each week. Those kids need and deserve endless amounts of love and care. Please keep them in your prayers.
We're so excited with what God is doing at the church. Many new faces, as well as some old ones, are beginning to make Calvary Chapel Paarl Valley their church family. We had our 2nd church picnic last Sunday. We were blessed to have one of the speakers from the conference (Rob Dingman - CC Twickenham, London) come out and share with us that morning & afterwards we all headed next door to our house for the picnic/potluck. It was a wonderful time of fellowship.

On the home front, Emme is growing up so quick! She is so curious and inquisitive about so many things these days. She was so happy to see all of her friends at the conference. She is a blessing from the Lord!

Please pray that the Lord continues to lead & direct our lives here in Paarl, and that His work will be accomplished in & through our lives. We thank you so much for all of your prayers and support. God bless <><

In Christ,

The Sextons