Destiny Kids all set for VBS 2012

Posted by Bill on June 2, 2012

Destiny Kids International (DKI) is passionate about reaching-out to refugee kids in Cairo. Fredrick Omoh-John and his team are all set to launch their Vacation Bible School (VBS) in Cairo on 10 June thanks to the generosity of the congregation of Christ Church Jebel Ali in Dubai, UAE, part of the Chaplaincy of Dubai and Sharjah with the Northern Emirates.

Fredrick is so thankful for this wonderful answer to pray, for God’s unfailing provision and for the investment that Christ Church has entrusted into DKI he has offered this expression of thanks …

Dear friends,

Words are not enough to express our deep thanks to the whole congregation of this wonderful family of Christ Church Jebel Ali and the Chaplaincy of Dubai and Sharjah for their gift to support the work of DKI among the refugee communities in and around Cairo.

With this gift we are now able to run the DKI Vacation Bible School as planned, which is coming up on the 10-13 of this month (June). The theme of this year’s VBS is … “It’s All About Praising God”. The generosity of our brothers and sisters at Christ Church Jebel Ali means that we are now able to pay for the facility, buying of materials, providing of food and also transporting 75 teenagers and 10 leaders to the VBS venue.

Please continue to pray for us as we take up this great adventure with the youngsters of Destiny Kids. We will be updating you on what God is doing in, with and through us all with a lot of pictures.

Once again, may Almighty God bless you all.

Destiny Kids love you all

Fredrick Omoh-John

There’s Power in the Name of God!

Posted by Bill on April 28, 2012

I’ve nick-named Fredrick Omoh-John, Founding Director of Destiny Kids International (DKI), “Fire-ball” Fredrick. He’s always burning bright through the Holy Spirit who is at work in his life. If you ever want to see amazing things, keep your eyes on “Fire-ball” Fredrick – you won’t be disappointed. Here’s a heart-warming testimony I recently received from him:

“Firstly I will like to say a very big thank you to you all who have been a blessing to Destiny Kids International (DKI), most especially the CCI Team. May God bless you mightily in the name of Jesus. Amen.

I want to testify about the goodness of God towards a Sudanese woman named Amera. On the 19^th of March she came to the place we conduct our program for the youth in Hay Al Asher in Cairo, hoping to collect my phone number from the lady who serves with Destiny Kids, Mama Joyce.

Getting there she found me. After greeting each other, she called me to the balcony of the building and told me that the reason she came was to collect my phone number. I asked her if all is well with her (she looked very sick). She told me that all is not well with her, and that she s suffering from diabetes. She said that a doctor gave her prescription to take but she could not afford to buy the drugs and also she owed her landlord house rent for two months (700LE or $116). Also, she mentioned that she had lost her job as a house-help due to her sickness.

When she had finished telling me her situation, I told her all she needed to do is to believe in the Lord Jesus, and she shall be saved and God is able to grant her healing if she believes. Likewise, God is also able to pay the rent for her.

She told me she believes, and that is the reason why she came looking for my phone number. Instead of the number, she found me! So I called some of the youth and Sister Joyce and we prayed for Amera. While praying for her, she fell under the power of the Holy Spirit. After that I did what the Holy Spirit instructed me to do for her and we promised her that we will see what we can do about the house rent.

On the 26^th of March, 2012, I went as usual to Hay Al Asher for the youth program. When I arrived, Amera came and Wow! She looked healthy. I asked her about her health and she said she’s perfectly Okay. Praise be to God for the healing of Amera! And, Destiny Kids were able to give her 400Le ($66) towards her house rent from money that had been gifted to Destiny Kids.

Once again, thank you all for your support and kindness to Destiny Kids. Without your gifts we would not have been able to help Amera.

Thanks so much.

Fredrick”

Norma shows us how to do ‘outreach’ at Bundaberg West

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Getting testimonies out of my ‘young’ pastor friend, Bob Brown, of Bundaberg West Baptist Church, is like ‘pulling teeth’. After serving him with a strong rebuke, he came to the party with a great testimony that was sitting right under his nose. Bobby replied with …

“Ok, ok – I am rebuked. Forgive me brother Bill, I have sinned! I know what you mean, mate, but the last thing we want to do is create the impression to the world that we have ‘got it all together’.

Our two small groups are growing slowly and I will be thrilled when we have the team really in place. We have gone through losses, gained new ones and we still see excellent possibilities to continue our reach-out into our community ministry. Good things are happening.

Norma Spoor (picture attached) and Noel are in their 70′s and have been real encouragers to Margaret and me. They love being part of Life-group

Noel & Norma Spoor

on Sunday evenings. Lately we have again been considering how to engage with people in our community and Norma felt if she could meet people in her street (they moved there 12 months ago) they may be interested in hearing the gospel from her.

Bill, I nearly had a fit! Norma is very much a ‘collectable dolls’ lady. So she dressed up in a bonnet (old fashioned Easter style) got an old pram and walked up and down the street pushing this pram. My eyeballs nearly fell out…. as did all in her street! She was an instant hit. The men thought it funny but their wives said, “I don’t go to church, but I would really like to get to know you.” After two months there are 12 in her group! What a woman!

Bill, I don’t know how to put it in words, but we now have a new group! Praise the Lord for courageous people like Norma.

Bobby.”

Friends, I’m going to be in Bob’s face more regularly to squeeze him for golden testimonies like this.

Absolutely fruitful and fulfilling at LTCC

Posted by Bill on April 14, 2012

The Quaks!

Dave and Jess Quak stepped out in faith last year and planted Living Temple Christian Church at Elanora, Queensland, Australia. LTCC is a small groups based church. In the short time of the church’s existence, they are thrilled to pieces with the amazing things the Lord has done. Dave says …

“This year has been fantastic for Living Temple. We began the year with seven life groups and they are all going along very well. God has blessed us with an amazing group of leaders who are truly pastors to the flock in their care. Our celebration services have really been building momentum as well. God has blessed us with two amazing worship leaders, and an awesome bunch of people willing to be committed to see the Kingdom come on earth.

We started our sermon series last year, preaching through the whole Book of John. It’s already March and we are only up to Chapter 7! There is so much gold in this Gospel we just cannot rush it!

Personally, Jess and I are feeling like this is an absolutely fruitful and fulfilling season, probably the best we have ever had. By God’s grace we pray it continues for a very long time. Thanks CCI community for your love and prayers… chat soon! Dave Quak.”

Friends, Living Temple Christian Church is a church on the ‘go’. You can know more about this exciting church through …www.livingtemple.com.au

Bill

Liberty City Church – “energised by this journey of faith”

Posted by Bill on April 7, 2012

Only eight weeks since the launch date, Liberty City Church is pulsating with exciting news. Fantastic things are happening in this infant church! Pastor Wale Oladipo, and his wife, Emma report …

“It’s now eight weeks we have been running our Sunday morning service, and five weeks our cell group. Thank God for his faithfulness! Since sharing the vision with friends, a family of four have come alongside us and are supporting us wholeheartedly. This has been greatly encouraging for us.

Even more encouraging was the arrival of a young man by the name of Andy who responded to our leafleting in the local area. When Wale first met him, he gave his life to Christ on a park bench. Today, he attended our Sunday service and, most importantly, enjoyed it! It was refreshing to hear Wale being asked to stop and explain a couple of things mid-sermon!

We’re also delighted by the participation of Jill in our cell group. She is a colleague of Wale’s and openly tells us that she’s on the verge of committing herself wholeheartedly to God. We have been praying for her grown-up daughter who has been diagnosed with MS. Jill reports that since that first cell meeting, her daughter has been feeling much less tired and less in pain.

Personally, for us, it has been really refreshing to go back to the weekly outreach-style cell group, which we haven’t experienced since our time in Egypt. We’ve been reminded about just how powerful and uplifting these times are.

We are also encouraged by the online activity regarding the Liberty City Church website, Facebook page and Twitter. Wale regularly updates these with blogs, devotionals and tweets and has received responses in the forms of phone calls, emails and messages to thank him for it, many from people he doesn’t know.

For now, we are trusting God for strategies for promoting the church and what we stand for. We are trusting the Him for divine opportunities and appointments. We are truly energised by this journey of faith and, from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for your prayers and support.

With love, Wale and Emma.”

Friends, let’s get behind Wale and Emma … encouraging them, and praying for them, and Liberty City Church, as we have opportunity. LCC is a vibrant church plant that is worthy of your attention. Pray for them, and share in a mighty harvest!

Bill