Namib News
Attendance:
Sunday 6th 34
Sunday 13th 37
Sunday 20th 46
Sunday 27th 38
Attendance on a Sunday was very surprising with the school holidays in full swing. Our group from Angola is still growing. There are now fifteen attending worship services every Sunday and for bible studies on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Youth activities:
Friday youth meetings are doing very well. An Artist Paint Cave was held on the 11th, and the attendance was very good. There were 18 of the young people enjoying the evening with Eddie Goraseb.
We also have a new visitor, Aurelia, who is attending Bible studies on a regular basis. Aurelia also sits in on studies during the day at the school whenever she has time off from work.
Friday the 18th May was a great day. An interesting afternoon with the youth was planned with many activities that took place.
Sack races, three legged races, soccer and other games kept the young people of the area busy until well after sunset.
New School:
Most of our time was taken up by the new school building this past month. With constant supervision over the work and ordering of materials on time, it is surprising how time flies.
Progress on the building, however, is the pay-off, and we are happy to report that things are going very well. We are sure that we will be able to “move in” well before the end of the year, and will have the present school building available for the orphans.
John Manunga reports from Luderitz
John has just been though a rather traumatic experience with a large chunk of the Luderitz congregation leaving due to an issue with Sunday giving. It is always difficult for a preacher to live through a split, and John has contacted us to tell us that he feels very downhearted and lonely. We need to visit him as soon as possible to encourage him, and possibly to do a series of lessons on the issues that bother the folks in that area.
In spite of all the setbacks there, John had two baptisms this month.
Photographs:
We have a problem sending pictures of the work here. For some reason the files are too large, and our mail server “times out” when we try to include them in the newsletter.
We hope that the problem can be fixed, and that we can soon be sending you graphic images of our activities here again, especially of the school building of which we are very proud.
Please be patient and accept the written newsletter until we are no longer graphically challenged.
World Radio
We have had reaction from three listeners in Angola who contacted us to study the Bible. There is a problem, however, with obtaining visas. As soon as these have been sorted out, we look forward to having them in our student body.