Sunday 18 August 2013

The First Few Days in Krugersdorp

Well, a very different slice of scenery now! This is northern South Africa heading towards the end of winter but with temperatures as low as three degrees celsius at night. However the sun has shone continually, although I haven't been able to see it at night, of course, since I got here last Wednesday.

The flight from Entebbe to Johannesburg with SAA was really smooth apart from a little turbulence somewhere over Zimbabwe. Dr Vaughn Hutchinson, whom I met at the Iron Sharpens Iron conference in Chester earlier this year was at the airport to meet me with the church combi.

The journey to Vaughn and Chiana's home was about 50 minutes. They live in Krugersdorp, one of the western cities of Gauteng which is the province in which both Jo'burg and Pretoria are situated. On arrival at their home the greeting was not "welcome to our home" but "be home". The family became enlarged by another one on Thursday when Joe Dillamore arrived from Chester to spend three weeks here.

The Hutchinsons are a wonderfully ordinary/extraordinary family and one becomes part of the family from the moment you enter. It's a family that includes three sons all beginning with D, a daughter-in-law, Chiana's mum, four cats, a parrot, a cockatoo and what seems more dogs than 101 Dalmatians! Here's Chiana with a selection of the dogs (by no means all of them!).

Joy Centre Church is situated on Jacobs Street in Chamdor, a southern suburb of Krugersdorp. I was there on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings for (in order) a Leaders' Meeting, a University Lecture and a Worship Meeting. Then back there this morning for their Sunday Meeting that starts around 10-30 and goes through to 2-30. However these four hours weren't filled out with the formalities of Ugandan meetings - this was a time devoted to worshipping in Spirit and Truth. Here's Joe outside Joy Centre:
....and here's a couple of photos taken this morning.... 


Yesterday (Saturday) we went to Spirit Word Ministries in Stilfontein, about two hours away. This was for the last of a series of meetings with Prophet Undi Williams from Zimbabwe and hosted by Kobus van Rensberg. An amazing evening. This is a photo of the Spirit Word building.

Tomorrow is another day and I have no idea what it will bring but you can be assured of one thing. You'll probably find out about it through this BLOG.

Blessings

Mike




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