Johann &
Louise Vanderbijl
~ Touching The Whole Person – Body And Soul ~
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Vision with action can change the world -
An
anointing for preparation…
“Johann and Louise; we anoint you in the
name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We anoint you with an anointing of
preparation…” The Revd Nancy Kenny and
Nancy Hartley prayed for us before we shared our Lord’s vision for the people
of Gambela and in the Horn of Africa in general with the folks of Holy Trinity,
North Augusta .
As we shared, we saw heart-felt compassion take root and begin to
bud. For both of us, it was an anointing
of preparation.
The Rector of Holy Trinity, The Revd Rob
Hartley, has a passion for the work of the Lord in the Horn of Africa and in South Sudan and his passion shows. We are all anticipation to see how our Lord
leads this Spirit-filled parish to partner with Louise and me in the future.
A
pearl of great price…
In Matthew 13:45-46 Jesus tells of a
merchant who sold all that he had in order to purchase one pearl of great
value. Of course, the object of the
parable is to illustrate the forsaking of everything to gain the kingdom of God
The
immediate future…
There are a number of steps one has to
take when preparing to go into the mission field. One of them is psychological
testing. This past Saturday we took the tests...3 1/2 hours of question
after question after question...from every angle, negative and positive.
We just had our post-test psychological
interview...no red flags, thankfully and the results were very accurate.
Louise and I are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to
extrovert versus introvert! No surprise there. With me
perfectionism was a bit on the high side as was self-sacrificing and a dislike
of confrontation. No surprise again.
Louise also registered on the high side when it came to a dislike of
confrontation…the psychologist said this must make for a peaceful home!
The next step is attending the SAMS
Crossroads Conference July 1 to 3. Then the matter of people/partner
raising and the paperwork necessary to get the right visa for working
in Ethiopia
In the meantime, we have been getting all
our personal paperwork in order – I applied for a copy of our marriage
certificate from South
Africa
Also, Louise will be attending a
Missionary Medicine Intensive course offered by Equip International October 27
to November 7, 2013. Please pray for
Louise! She has two sizeable prescribed
books to digest before the class starts!
Thank you for your prayers and your
ongoing support.
Blessings!
Johann & Louise
The Rev Dr Johann
Vanderbijl and Louise Vanderbijl are hoping to be missionaries of SAMS (Society
of Anglican Missionaries and Senders) serving in the people’s region of Gambela
within the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn
of Africa
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