Life in Cape Town

I’ve been in Cape Town for a little over a week now and I’ve seen three of the four communities that we’ll be serving while doing CPx (Church Planting Experience) with All Nations. Every student at CPx will serve in one of these communities to put into practice all that we’re learning, and this is where we will spend the next three months.

The first community we visited was Masiphumelele (the township I served in December 2008). Not much has changed and it was great to catch up with some of the people I had met previously. One of them was Vovo – the daughter of the women whose home we helped rebuild. She is delighted about her new living space and continues to be thankful that God helped her family in this way. All Nations is involved with all sorts of things in Masi; one of them being the orphans and vulnerable children there. They supply food and basic commodities every month to a number of the families who are looking after orphans and vulnerable children. Last week I helped make up food parcels for the families who benefit from this.

The second community we visited was Redhill. It is far smaller, more sparsely populated and much more rural than Masi. There are no shops or community centres or anything there, and the houses are all make shift and informal.

The third community we visited was Ocean View. This is much more modern that the previous two, with brick houses and tarred roads, schools and shops. The people in this community speak Afrikaans predominantly, and the needs here are mainly related to problems with alcohol, drugs and domestic violence. We are interested in discipling the people of this community, because although many of them have heard the gospel, they are still struggling to live according to it. This is the community that I will serve in over the next three months.

The last community that we will visit will be Boukaap. This is a predominantly Muslim community. All Nations has not done any extensive work here before and so this year will be a new venture.

I’m excited about the involvement we’ll have in each of these communities and what God will have us do there.

I’m excited about the relationships that will be cultivated between all the CPx students over the next six months.

I’m excited about learning more about the Father-heart of God from Floyd McClung.

I’m excited about growing deeper in love with God the Father.