Ubuntu & Nabors

Time for everyone to register for UBUNTU 2013.

 

FYI, our regional staff team recently had an addition to the family. The Nabors from Ameria are now serving in Durban for 2013. Read about them at their blog

Bafana

Flashmob at UKZN

So many of my friends and collegues have been asking me for the flashmob video that took place on campus last year. Its been a while since its been posted on youtube but here goes





 



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A riveting clip posted on Youtube by my favourite bank which voices out the opinions of many young South African who do not have a platform to express how and what they are feeling to an international community. This made head news for good and wrong reasons, with our not so confident government seeing it as an attack to it politically.

Working in a team

4 ladies and 1 guy, which collectively made my internship team of 6 including myself. My team is made of recent graduates, with 3 of them leaving campus the same year that I did – that is Thandekile Hlongwane (Hammersdale), Slindile Nhleko (Tongaat) and  Thandeka Zulu (Umlazi). All these ladies had been involved with campus ministry before I got involved with Campus Crusade for Christ on my campus. They all have amazing testimonies of how they came to know the Lord and further grew in their spiritual maturity and dependence on Him through other ministries on campus such as His People Student Ministry and Student Christian Fellowship (SCF). Likewise with Anele Hlongwane (Hammersdale) who from his first year came to know the Lord through a summer project that had come to our campus and since then his burning desire has been to reach other students with the Gospel, fueling his decision to work as a full time missionary leading the campus ministry of Kwa-Zulu Natal which in itself is epic. Lastly Noscelo Duma (Pietermaritzburg) has a somewhat dissimilar record, having come from a background of high school ministry with iThembalethu in Durban, she over those years discipling young primary and high school girls felt a great need to reach female university students and recognised Campus Crusade for Christ as a vehicle to do so.

Slindile Nhleko

High School Ministry

For some Tuesdays, my day would include catching the 10 or 11 am Life Orientation (Life Skills) class for grade 8’s in J. G. Zuma High School in Ntuzuma (a township North of the Durban Metropolis). Ntuzuma in itself has a rich background for me ever since I began living in KwaZulu-Natal doing my studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. During the week, the Smart Choices team would go regularly to different school to teach a curriculum to two classes or more in leading a smart and healthy lifestyle. This curriculum encompassed a variety of units/topics importantly those which would educate the teenagers on how to make smart choices regarding several concerns that they unquestionably face.

No. 1 - Her name is Sandra

So my internship has come to an end and there are so many stories to be told, some great, some amazing, some 'so like God', some depressing, some encouraging, some intimidating, some humbling. So what I have decided to do is for the next couple of days I am going to share some of my highlights in ministry and what better way to start this off with letting you in on a little secret our students who were at 'Not A Fan' camp found quite intriguing.

Meet Sandra Madida (the young lady in the middle with a purple weave). She is quite the extrovert hence purple weave. She is a first year student from Howard Campus studying Design and Fine Arts (she later got a transfer to Johannesburg, WITS in the middle of her study year.). She has a flamboyant personality that seems to have a magnetic attraction to everyone. And yes, she is related to me, actually my younger sister and there are so many similarities in us that its creepy. 

Left to right: Noscelo Duma, Sandra Madida, Ayabulela Soboyi

We grew up together, not going to church and not having a relationship with the Lord but when I came to Durban thats when I accepted Christ as my Lord and Saviour when the Gospel was shared with me but for her, that only happened later. She has never been interested in knowing God, the bible, her spiritual identity but that's until she was met by one of the interns on campus and invited her to come to camp (big co-incidence with her related to me and all). I was really shocked and in my trying to get her plugged into our campus ministry - epic fail so you could imagine my surprise. I think what urged her more is when she broke up with her boyfriend who left her in tatters and meeting one of the interns wouldn't have come at a better time for her. You could imagine my excitement when she called me up and was like she is coming to camp and that no good for nothing bugger was out of her life. 

So as camp went on by super intervention - what stood smack in front of the students faces was the call and to an extent, the challenge to rise up as disciples and identify ourselves as completely devoted followers of Christ. This message hit hard for many of our students with some having to look in their mirrors and their hearts and have a conversation with the Lord on where they are in this picture. Are they yielding to his every motion or is self still sitting on throne. For Sandra I am far than sold that she had an encounter, much like most of our students who had an encounter with the Holy Spirit not judging nor condemning them but showing them the path that leads to life. For some, including Sandra it was the first time the Gospel was heard and testimonies of such made that evident. For my sister, she was able to identify what really mattered the most which is not sitting in perfect rows in church but is intentionally building relationships centered in Christ (not that ridiculous boyfriend of hers), relationships reaching to represent the perfect love of Christ. She and our students loved and had an awesome experience at camp and we PRAISE GOD for that! Sandra made so many friends at camp and I enjoyed having my little sister there and telling her story is so so so amazing - I think its mostly amazing because its not just HER STORY. It resonates with other students!

Thats the story of my Sandra - she is still going strong. Though she is in Johannesburg now, she is plugged into an awesome ministry there on her campus and part of a womens' bible study. This is one of the greatest highlights for me this year. Not only introducing Sandra at camp but having the students who recently came to the Lord most of which are discipled, getting plugged in fellowship with like-minded peeps, looking towards learning more about God and wanting to experience him personally in their lives. It never ceases to amaze me what camps can do in ministry...its like all the 3-5 months working on campus is put together in 2 days and we mitigate all ministry on campus. For the students I have been discipling this year, having seen their spiritual growth and them slowly GETTING IT is worth all the Sandra's and dresses!

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this post are to be taken more serious than not because they are factual (except for Sandra). As for the camp and the radical experience students had, thats so like God! This by all means does not reflect on the position nor direction of my manhood (Barret has discipled me quite well). For all the guys that are going to read this with a shocked look of: 'How could you...' - well firstly you will get over it as soon as it hits you how awesome this weekend was for me and the students and FYI I killed the wig and personation so don't be a hater but be a worshipper of the Lord Jesus Christ (hahahhaaha). This is all for ministry

Bafana

Friends in Soweto

So took the some of the team, Thabani and Mxo to Johannesburg Soweto for my graduation luncheon which was quite a thrill for them and for me!

Gents on ties...Ladies on high heels...2012 Banquet...awesomeness

An evening to celebrate what the Lord has done on Campus over the years to expand His Kingdom at UKZN. Mainly we were gathered to honor the graduating students who have so faithfully and diligently served the Lord under the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) both at Westville and Howard college campuses of UKZN. Also to commission them to continue Making disciples wherever they are. We also had to show our appreciation as CCC staff to the current committee members who selflessly served God as they pass on the baton to the next leadership. As important, we wanted to say farewell and blessings to the interns who so gladly dedicated the year of their lives to serve God through CCC. Though some of which are joining us for yet another year (or More - Praise the Lord). Not forgeting our Ministry Partners who give monthly financially and pray for this ministry to bear Fruits that will last. We salute all Of these Wonderful People. We are Sure the Heavens are with us in that. Thanks for making it a Great evening to remember :-) Thank you to our photographer Catherine Slabbert.This was the first banquet I have ever been to, and certainly for some students as well and I feel it was such a blessing. Its not just the intern team that had to mend and bend to make this a success but we had 3 cooks: Cheryl Price, Mandy Slabbert and Nompumelelo Mthembu who whip together something so amazingly delicious - students couldn't get enough. 

Ubuntu Promo

Getting students excited about Ubuntu is excited because of knowing of the great teachings that come with, valuable relationships built and the amazing fellowship that comes along with it. Cannot help but to be excited by it!

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