Johann &
Louise Vanderbijl
~ Touching The Whole Person – Body And Soul ~
- Vision with action can change the world –
November 2013
Dear Prayer Partners
We are all familiar with the sight of children going door to
door on All Hallows’ Eve, ringing doorbells and shouting out “Trick or Treat”
when the door opens. In the UK , and still
in many of her previous colonies, there is another day on which children parade
down the streets asking for “treats”. The
day is Guy Fawkes Day held on November 5 celebrating the foiling of a plot to blowup
Parliament in the year 1605. However,
the cry of the children on this night is not “trick or treat”, but rather “a
penny for the Guy”, and rather than dressing up themselves, they would dress up
an effigy (sometimes barely recognizable as an effigy) of Guy Fawkes, the poor
sod caught holding the fuse when the plot was discovered. Some would wheel the effigy a round in a
wheelbarrow while others would simply prop him up on a street corner, both
seeking to raise as many pennies as possible.
This November, Louise and I would like to be so bold as to
present all our partners with a challenge.
If, like us, you have felt a pinch on your purse strings of late, your
first response to appeals for support could be, “I lack the resources”. However, would you prayerfully consider pledging
$1 a day to support us? You see, in
order to raise our monthly support of $5,200, all we need is about 170 people
pledging $1 a day! Of course, there are
supporters who are willing and able to give far more and we are grateful for
every one of you, but we do not want to rob anyone of a blessing. So we wish to make it possible for each and everyone
of you to participate in meeting the critical needs of the people in the Gambela
region of Ethiopia
by giving $1 a day. Click on this link
for details as to how you can to that today! http://samsusa.org/users/johann-and-louise-vanderbijl
Louise is currently in Marion, NC learning more about how to
minister to those requiring medical assistance using (and reusing) what is readily
available. She is enjoying the intensive
course tremendously and is all anticipation for the day when she will be able
to put all this knowledge into practice!
Two of the nurses in her course will be our neighbors in the Horn.
God willing, we leave for Ethiopia
on December 5 together with a couple from Holy Trinity, North
Augusta . We will
participate in a clergy retreat while in Gambela, during which I will be one of
the teachers.
Thank you for your prayers and your encouragement!
In Christ’s Service,
Johann & Louise
The Rev Dr Johann
Vanderbijl and Louise Vanderbijl are SAMS (Society of Anglican Missionaries and
Senders) missionary candidates serving in the people’s region of Gambela within
the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of
Africa
Johann and Louise Vanderbijl
(864) 884-4717