June IRC update

June 21, 2010 We have had a very fruitful time of ministry upon returning to South Africa from being in the USA. Our time has been spent with several groups of Christians in both the Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal Provences of South Africa. Battie Won-Goy reunited with his wife and child after 2 years Our local work in the …

Gifts of Love

  The Congolese brothers and sisters here in Etete were very blessed with the Proclaimer in Lingala, their mother language. A Proclaimer is the New Testament on a solar powered audio device. The guys sit outside in a group and turn it up loud so that everyone passing buy can hear the Word of God. Thank you so much Randy and …

Back in Africa

We had a great time visiting our friends and family in the US. March 13th was our oldest son’s birthday which was celebrated with a family dinner at Anthony and Nattasha’s house. One of the highlights of the trip was the arrival of our newest gran daughter “Alexis Taylor Tidwell“. She is healthy and happy. Her big sister Riley calls her “my …

March 5, 2010

It has been a busy start to this year with our ministry work in Durban and the greater Natal provence in South Africa. We have spent most traditional service times with different fellowships in the Indian areas surrounding Durban. Our work with these fellowships ranges from conducting services to giving varying degrees of counsel and direction to leaders for their …

A call to action!

February 25, 2009 Pictured to the right is a typical advertisement for a witch doctor/spiritualist in the greater Durban area of South Africa. While a large part of the population in Durban is traditionally drawn to this type of occultic evil, most Christians would think of it as a novelty or something that would never directly impact their lives. The …

Drakensberg Zulu Conference

We have just returned home from three days of teaching in a rural Zulu community. This village is at the base of the Drakensberg Mountains and is a very poor community. We had a great time and were very blessed to see the hunger for the Lord. In the first meeting we saw many people give their lives to the …

Pastor’s Paul and Kumari Murugen of the Church of Philadelphia

We’ve just finished doing a four night revival session in the Indian area of Durban called Phoenix. We were initially supposed to be involved for only one night, but as the Lord moved we were asked to continue for the entire venue! Speaking to Pastor Paul reminds me of the wisdom I used to hear from my own spiritual fathers. …

Pastor John Mkhulise’s Wedding

January 5, 2009 Between Christmas and the new year we had the privilege of sharing at the wedding of brother John Mkhulise. He is a leader to other Zulu pastors in the Drakensburg area and it has been a real joy to work along side him encouraging the leaders. Upon arriving at the ceremony, we had an experience typical to …

Happy Birthday Trina

December 19th was my birthday. Forty has mistakenly been called the “Over the Hill” age but I intend to live to be 100 therefore not even half my life is over. I have told my family they cannot consider me old until I reach at least 99 but by then I will have started counting backwards so you may never again know my real …

2009 Recap

December 11, 2009 Greetings to all our friends and family in Christ Jesus! We can hardly believe that 2009 is almost finished and it marks the end of our second year in Africa. While we are currently in a time of prayer for 2010, it is safe to say that this past year was easily our busiest time ever in …