African Leadership

Thank You! Thank you so much. I never realized how much joy building the
kingdom with you and God brings to my heart.
The urgent prayer request, about the lack of funds for the 8th children’s
camp, has been granted through your prayers and support. Your love and heart
for the children here showed God’s heart to embrace these children. The camp
was completed last week in His grace and I thank you for your prayers and
support. “Lord! Hear and receive our praise. And bless these hands that give
and pray and let them be the children that know your plans and become the
cornerstone of your kingdom!”

The children who attended these 8 camps counted about 1000. These children
who live in poor and poverty filled areas have left this reality for the
first time in their lives. They arrive with their blankets and clothes for
the few day trip, their faces filled with anticipation and excitement no one
can express in words. It fills me with Joy. Although the facilities of the
camp are not all that great, these children seem to feel loved and more then
content. These children, who are looked down on and considered a burden in
their homes, are served their food before the teachers and by the teachers
themselves. They feel this strange but soon realize that this is love that
God has for them. They are precious to Him. They sit listening intently to
be sure not to miss any words God is teaching them. I look through the camp.
I see the children who sit and chat with their friends, I see those who
dance and sing, I see the smiles and excitement when learning a new game, I
see the youngsters who are too young to join, but laugh and find joy in just
watching or just copying from a distance. I also see the teachers who have
to run about to keep the excited children under control, the children
preparing for the talent show and the people sweating in the kitchen in order
to feed these children. This is God’s Kingdom. This year’s camp theme was
PRAYER. I saw God wanting to talk to these children.
“Lord! You are standing near to these children; let these children
experience you. Often in Life when things get tough and they feel like they
do not know where they are going, stand by them and encourage them. Help
them to know you are near. They are your children. Help them to make knowing
you, and becoming like you the priority of their lives”
Please pray with us:
1. Please pray that the children will continue to pray and grow to become
like you so that they can establish God’s Kingdom.
2. The children¹s churches are growing. We currently have about 120
churches and I pray that the joy of the teachers and coordinators involved
will continue to grow and that this ministry will be able transform this
community into His kingdom, which dreams His dreams.
3. Many of the children’s churches have now begun a youth program and
soccer teams. Please pray for more people to commit to this ministry as we
are short of staff.
4. Every month we are holding a preschool teacher’s seminar. Please pray
that through this the teachers will be able to see the children with His
eyes and teach them with His heart and love.
5. We have, for the first time ever, held a bible college camp. For many
of the students who attended it was the first time that they have ever read
the whole of the New Testament. They were filled with unspeakable joy.
Please pray that they will be able to live a bible-centered life.
6. We have put Pastor abenago in charge of a church in sentubi, Transkei.
This church was started by evangelism with the team. Many people will need
to meet with God here; please pray for the pastor and the many souls that
will be given to God and grow with Him. Many of these people live tied down
in ancestor worship. Lord! Proclaim your salvation in this land.
7. The Madagascar pastors’ training is being planned. A pastor from the
US is coming around to talk of evangelism. We have planned to hold this
conference in two different cities with about 300 pastors and church
leaders. Please pray that this will be an opportunity that will change
Madagascar, and that God will be leading the process of planning and
preparing for conference. At the moment Madagascar has not yet found Bibles
for Madagascar. Please pray that there will be someone who loves Madagascar
and will begin to print Bibles over there.
8. We are now planning to expand the Montessori crèche into the township
areas and so are looking for land to build a crèche. Please pray that this
will work out smoothly and that through this crèche many children will be
able to meet God and learn of His love.

For the Kingdom!

Missionary Young Ohm, Young Ae Ohm, Aaron and Priscilla

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I would like to greet you in the Name of our Lord and with this kind of
prayer.
“Lord! I feel a smile spread across my face as I call you Father.
I am filled with joy as I think of Jesus and I feel steadfast and secure, as
you have given me purpose here on this land.
As Your holy spirit is with me, I am your kingdom.
I see you kingdom here on this earth.
Thank you. Thank you for letting this worthless servant proclaim your
kingdom here in Africa. Thank you”

At the moment we are preparing for the short-term missionaries to come. The
German team has already come in April and between June and December we will
be having 6 more mission teams coming to do ministry. Most of our ministries
have been either started by or developed by the short-term mission teams
throughout the years. So we wait in anticipation, and are already excited to
see the works that He will do through the teams that he has so carefully
chosen for His works here in South Africa.
In preparation for the Mission teams to come we are busy renovating and
fixing up the mission homeŠ as we paint the walls and stand on the roof
plugging up the leaks and cracks we think of all the teams that will be able
to have their rest, within these walls and under this roof, after a long
hardworking day with the Lord. As we paint the walls white, the house seems
to take on Jesus¹ purity, as we fix the roof, his peace is felt and as we
scrape off the moss and dirt from the walls we too feel renewedŠ I am
gratefulŠ
This years¹ missions teams will be establishing new children¹s churches,
doing holiday programs for the children, camps for the teachers and
children, door to door evangelism, visiting schools to spread his word, and
build preschools as well as have time with the children to share His love
with them. I pray that they will be teams of people who have come in search
of Jesus, those who want to be a witness for this kingdom and those who will
do ministry as Jesus didŠ
³Lord! We wait in anticipation and excitement to see the kingdom that you
will build with the teams, see the kingdom that you proclaim through the
teams and the Love and blessing that you will pour out on this land through
these teams.²

This is my prayer: that we as missionaries, short or long term will be able
to fulfill our core taskŠ to share the gospel, the good news of our risen
king and savior, of eternal life and the chance to be a part of God¹s great
family, to be one with him, to feel his love and presence on youŠ To share a
common dream with God, that all here in Khayelitsha will be able hear this
good news and praise God as one family.
This is the day when everyone will be able to see more than just glimpses of
His KingdomŠ Everywhere people will hear the gospel, love and care for one
another, they will forgive one another, encourage and give hope to one
another and together we will worship and glorify his nameŠ
³Lord! Jesus, who took on the cross for these million people of Khayelitsha,
use us, your servants, to bring this your kingdom into this land. Be with
us, lead usŠ²

Please pray with us:
1. 1. That we, who will be working with the short-term mission
teams will have wisdom
2. That we will go to each house that we visit in anticipation,
excitement and with a grateful heartŠ
3. For the new children¹s church that has been established in makhasa.
4. For the children¹s and teacher¹s camps that will take place in June.
5. That the students of the Motor mechanic school will be able to learn
God.
6. The cold and rainy winter is approaching, please pray for the bible
college students, who work in the day and study at night, that they will
experience the warmth and courage that God gives. Please also pray that the
people of Khayelitsha who live in informal houses where the cold weather
hits them hardŠ
7. That all the missionaries and local leaders who work with us will be
able to experience and find God everyday, that their ministries will be
handled with love and done in faith, and lastly for their health and safetyŠ

Thank you for your continuous prayer and supportŠ
For the Kingdom!

Young Ohm, Young-Ae, Aaron and Priscill

Lord! Glory, Glory be given unto You. Thanks to your prayers I have returned from the Pastors’ theological training seminar in Malawi, and not even the deadly mosquitoes or the heatcould stop us from sharing the Gospel. Thank you so much. Following lastyear we had 37 pastors come to Mulanje, a city in the southern region ofMalawi, to attend the seminar. This training was for the pastors who hadalready received basic theological training and starting from last year, wehave had 2 successful training sessions about the concept of God¹s Kingdomand Evangelism. This was the third in which we dealt with Biblical researchthrough critical thinking and the realistic applications to God¹s Kingdom.Even though they held the already translated version of the Word, many couldnot make the Word their own and thus many churches remained unmoved andunacquainted to the Spiritual enrichment of the Bible. The seminar wasfocused on exactly that problem; To allow pastors to approach the Bible witha critical mind and to interpret the Word for themselves with the help ofthe Holy Spirit and also to learn to realistically apply it to themselvesand those around them. It was purely amazing and so moving. All the pastorsfell deeply into the Word, truly learning God and finding Him through theWord. It was truly the works of the Holy Spirit and made me rejoice.As time passed the trainees started asking critical questions about God¹sWord from many angles and just watching them rediscover God, I knew thatthese are the men that are going to change the world. One pastor confessed,³I have now been reborn. Through the Power given to us through the Word, andthe Power given us through God the author of all things I have been rebornand I shall work to revive my church; that all there will also be reborn.² Pastor Kim from Canada came and spoke powerful words through the Gospel ofJohn. Also, we spoke much of the Goodness of God¹s Kingdom: ³The start of one day; For The Kingdom.While leading a church; For The Kingdom.Family; For The Kingdom.Sleep; For The Kingdom.We eat; For The Kingdom.Send our children to school; For The KingdomŠ ³ I am confident that God has worked through these 5 days of training for thepastors and that God¹s Kingdom will be established and extended in the landof Malawi. We also discussed the topic of rivalry between churches and thatthere is no rivals in the Kingdom of God and that we should all praytogether for the spiritual enrichment and growth of other churches as wellas your own.God! Malawi is Yours. Work through Your servants and establish Your eternalKingdom in Malawi. Prayer Requests:

1. That the Pastors in Malawi would constantly rediscover God through theBible and that they would discover His purpose, and that they would bewitnesses of God to their people.

2. That the theological seminars through which Pastors will be trained willbe blessed by God and that it would function only through the Hands of Godso that the Theology of Africa would grow in His Hands. Also, that theservants who work towards this would understand Africa and God¹s purpose forAfrica.

3. That the pastors of Malawi, in amongst all the denominational rivalry andcompetition, would realize that they need to work together and fight thereal enemy and not each other.

4. That God grant the churches of Malawi the strength of faith and mind torighteously interpret so that they would be able to lead the people ofMalawi, who worship their ancestors, to God.

5. That poverty would not be interpreted as shame. Also that the Churcheswould be able to stand and make decisions for themselves and that they woulddream to be churches who send missionaries to help other countries.

6. We prepare the next theological training seminar focusing on Leadership/Reading through the whole Bible/ Community development/ God¹s vision. ThatGod will provide us with speakers and a church to financially support thisseminar. “Malawi!!! You are God¹s Kingdom.”

Please shout these words together withus as you keep Malawi in your prayers. For The Kingdom!

Young Ohm

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