Early gifts

Thursday October 30, 2008
Early Christmas Gifts
I was so surprised when I saw the first Christmas decorations in the mall close to where I live. Here in Cape Town, it is now beginning to get warm. The sun is up by 5.30 and the constant rain and cold winter has finally said goodbye until next year. So, yes I feel like summer, but it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas here. So, it was time for some early Christmas gifts. After weeks of looking for Xhosa language Bibles, I finally secured some for the class. Today I gave out seven Xhosa and two English Bibles. When this second group of women began their time of study, I told them about the Bibles and they were excited. When the Bibles did not appear, they impatiently asked why. Truthfully I was waiting for them to come to the small Christian bookstore near me. Then on Wednesday, prompted by the Holy Spirit to go to another store, I did and got their last stock of the needed Bibles. Today I gave them out and here they are reading from their new Bibles. What a wonderful present to them from you through Evangeline Ministries. We are now looking at passages on prayer as we seekGod's mercy for safety, jobs, health and protection in their troubled communities. We also pray that there will be no violence with the upcoming 2009 elections. There is a lot of concern here because of an emerging new party made up of former leaders in the African National Congress, the first democratically elected party in the country's history. Please pray with us for peace, and understanding in what is still a very new democracy.