Charl van Wyk (Apr 2003)

Dear Friends

Greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.

February 2003 started off with Africa Christian Action doing a funeral procession demonstration to Parliament in remembrance of the babies murdered by abortion in South Africa. When the procession arrived at Parliament I led the prayer meeting outside the gates.

14th February was Roberta's surprise birthday party. A few days later I helped her school with a cycle race, which they run as a fundraiser. I was a medical driver. This was really great fun, meeting with so many Christian parents in our community.

On the 17 February my friend and colleague, Rob, was hi-jacked outside his own home near the Frontline Fellowship office. He is fine and has much reason to praise the Lord that he and his family are still alive and well.

We managed to sneak away for a few days with wonderful family friends to a holiday home of Sonja's sister - we enjoyed great fellowship and a good rest.

March started with the Aim Shooters Show, which we attended in Johannesburg to sell Christian books (including Shooting Back) and distribute Firearm News, our ministry to firearm owners. The opportunities for ministry were endless! I spoke to an Atheist, a Jewish couple, a Buddhist and Christians - all in a matter of 2 days.

The same weekend we held a Salt and Light Training Seminar, on invitation of a local church. I gave my testimony on the Ministry opportunities amongst APLA terrorists at the church that Sunday evening.

It was after this service and on my way to the after-service that Sonja phoned to let me know that we had lost our baby, she had a miscarriage. This was devastating news and I was immediately ordered home by our director to help with the trauma. Our church friends were absolutely wonderful as were the members of the church I was visiting. I flew home the next morning. (Sitting in a plane on the runway for 2 hours before we took off.)

Sonja is coping well with the trauma. We found the D and C especially traumatic, but made sure the hospital did not record the procedure as an abortion.

I did not make it to the KwaSizabantu Ministers' Conference with all this happening.

I taught at our church Sunday School last month and also at a Bible Study at the Khayelitsha youth group we often do ministry with, on Wednesday afternoons for a few weeks. Teaching the youth is always great fun.

I've also delivered boxes of Bibles to a lady I met at the APLA meeting I spoke at in January and we are preparing to distribute many more Bibles in our townships in the near future. I'll hopefully be having lunch with Letlapa sometime soon. Please pray for this APLA Commander, that he might bend the knee to King Jesus.

Roberta has a medical condition, Hyper Dystrophy. Her one leg is 2,25 cm longer than the other and this is affecting her hips and back - she has started medical treatment to help with this condition. Please pray for her, that all will go well.

Our radio ministry is going well and I'm looking forward to my US speaking tour from 23 May to 9 June 2003.

Should you be able to invite a few friends around to your home and allow me to share the Frontline Fellowship testimony and vision with them, I'd really appreciate the invitation. I'll try my best to get to your area.

Charl van Wyk

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