Maputo, Mozambique Have you ever been in the presence of someone that you knew was “Great” in the sight of God? Pastor Camilo Manhico has served Christ as a local pastor in Maputo, Mozambique for the past 43 years, including more than 20 years of a brutal communist reign that saw great persecution come to anyone who dared to proclaim …

Our three beautiful grandchildren. Our son We wanted to take the opportunity to brag a little on our family. In December we celebrated the birth of our grandson. In April our son-in-love came home from Afghanistan to his amazing wife and three beautiful children and in May our oldest son graduated from Ashford University. We are very proud of all …

Zachariah Hello my name in Zac, I live at Hearts that Hope. My name means “the Lord Remembers” I was found living in a township with my step mom, she didn’t call me by name only “boy” and she didn’t feed me or look after me. When Hearts that Hope found me my life was sitting around hoping to be …

May 2012 Some of our good friends, Lijo and Bindu,with Bridget in London We are entering a very busy time in ministry over the next three months.  Much of our work in the African countries is done over the winter period from June through August to limit the chances of mosquito born illness during the outreaches. At times the conditions …

March 29, 2012 We have returned to South Africa after a three month visit to the USA where we had a wonderful time with all parts of our family. December was spent with our immediate relatives in Alaska and Fort Worth, Texas. It was the first time in a number of years that we have been able so spend the …

                                       Pastors from the Phoenix area of Durban, SA gathered for Praise and Worship I recently spent a day of worship and intercession with many pastors from the Indian communities in the Durban, South Africa area. Just over 150 years ago, Indian nationals first arrived in South Africa as indentured servants trying to earn a better life for …

Memories come in many forms. Some things we truly remember and other things are psudo memories, the kind we get from seeing a photo or hearing stories. Do you realy remember those things or are they someone elses memories we have barrowed. How ever they come they are all treasured, the good and the bad all make up a part …

A beautiful tribute to a beautiful princess. Today we celebrate life in many ways. We celebrate with birthdays, holidays, anniversaries and even funerals. I would like to purpose that we learn how to celebrate life daily by living it to its fullest. Learn how to love a little more, laugh a little more and share a little more of our …

August 29, 2011 We have recently returned from an annual leadership meeting in the Cape Town area of South Africa. Many of these leaders speak Xhosa and are part of the second largest tribal grouping in the nation. It has been very gratifying to see the relationships among many different Christian churches grow in recent years.  Pastor Mqokeleli Mntanga of Harvester …

In the month of July we had our good friend Pastor Jose Arimathea Cavalcanti from Brazil with us in Africa.  Rodney and Ari spent a weekend in Germiston, SA teaching and week in Zimbabwe teaching at the annual CUTFIC leadership gathering. There were leaders from all over Africa (and one from Brazil) in attendance. We also had a fun filled …