Missions Update
You may wonder what your Senior Wanderers were doing in South Africa in January. It was a special seminar in Community Church Planting. Community Church Planting is the priority of the Impact organization for which we work. So, we needed to be trained. And besides, it was a good opportunity to visit South Africa again. 
We had a few days off with some of our Middle-Eastern friends, visiting Kruger National Park. We saw lots of animals and really enjoyed the great South African landscape. Then we went to Johannesburg where we met for three full days of study. Above is a photo of some of our group. There were students present from Egypt, Jordan, Hungary, Spain, the USA, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
We were very privileged to have two of our former students from Zimbabwe, now pastors, attend the seminar as well. They were a blessing to us all.
We learned the methods taught by Jesus in Luke, where He told His disciples to enter a village, look for a “man of peace” who would receive them, and beginning with that man, share the gospel, and then use his hospitality gifts to reach out to the community with the gospel. There is a lot of teaching materials to prepare the people of peace to open their home. There is material for Church Planter trainers, and discipleship materials for the church planters. Everything they would need. One Middle East country using this method has planted over 300 churches, most of them small, in the past 3 years, numbering over 2000 members, at least. Africa has planted nearly 2000 churches in the past 4 years with over a million members. This program is currently being used in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle-East, and at least one friend has planted 3 churches this way in Michigan. Many of them are house churches or cell groups.
We can’t always talk a lot about where we go and what we do but we want you to know your prayers and support are very valuable to us. Thanks so much! We love you all.
Henry & Bonnie (at the Tropic of Capricorn!) 
