The World Cup has finally come to and end and it was a great success here in Cape Town. I had the great opportunity to watch the games in different venues and experience the traffic, the vibe, the crowds, the loud vuvuzelas, and to spend those precious moments with great friends!
I did watch one game at the Cape Town stadium and it was fabulous even though they were in the nose-bleed section. (Everybody had a great view). After the game I just asked one of the local coordinators who was the most famous player and what team did he play on. They told me it was Cristiano Rinaldo from Portugal. I couldn’t believe it……..all this time when I watched Portugal win 7-0 against North Korea at the Cape Town Stadium, I didn’t realize I was watching Crsitiano Rinaldo play. Oh well….I have posted some of the pictures of the World Cup event on my blog and will post some of the pictures on facebook.
Cheers!

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Even though it’s winter in Cape Town, the sun is shinning down gloriously and it just brightens my day and puts a smile on my face.  I hope that when you receive these newsletters each time that it too brightens your day and puts a smile on your face.

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2. 2009 report
a. We built one more preschool in Green Point in Khayelitsha through the
team from Germany.
b. We had a preschool teachers’ camp January for spiritual revival.
c. Missionary Glory developed a Bible study with a few teachers.
d. 2 Preschools got a playground facility built.
e. 2 preschools were painted through the short term teams.

3. Prayer requests – Pray that:
a. The monthly seminar will bring much fruit, that the teachers will grow in
spirit and teaching skills.
b. God brings more of His people to provide the food.
c. All teachers are involved in a Bible study.

Children’s Church
1. 2010 June
a. We have 80 children’s churches presently and around 4000 children are
involved every Saturday.
b. We are developing youth ministry through the Children¹s churches as the
children are growing. A few children¹s churches are developing youth
programs.
c. Teacher’s camps and children’s camps to be developed and emphasized.
d. We have monthly teachers’ training for the children¹s church teachers.
e. Currently 1 missionary and 4 local leadership are ministering in the
children¹s church ministry. 2 new local leadership joined in 2010.

2. 2009 Report
a. In 2009 the number of children’s churches grew from 46 to 60, from 2300
to 3000 children.
b. We have had 2 teacher’s camps and 4 children’s camps.
c. Through the children’s church adoption program, 20 children’s churches
have been adopted.
d. 2 people from Germany developed 8 children’s churches.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that through the children’s church development, we can dream of how
God transforms society into God’s kingdom.
b. Pray that more people locally and internationally will adopt children¹s
churches so that their prayers will be the means of growth in God’s kingdom.
c. Pray that the youth ministry within the children’s church will keep
growing so that more youth are continually growing in faith.
d. Pray that more missionaries and more locals will come to develop more
children¹s churches.

Kraaifontein Children¹s & Youth Ministries
1. 2010 June
a. We have 8 children¹s churches but we are just maintaining them because of
the lack of a missionary.
b. Youth Ministry (SHAPE ministry) needs a missionary to continue
developing.

2. Prayer Requests
a. Pray for God¹s guidance and His intervention.

School Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. We work with 8 out of 19 high schools.
b. About 40-60 youth gather in the Saturday meetings.
c. Out of the 34 Primary schools in the area we work with 4.
d. We are teaching about the characteristics of God to the children/youth.

2. 2009 report
a. We had 1 camp through the short-term team in Calgary.
b. We were involved in 5 high schools and in 4 primary schools.
c. We had a partnership with 2 mission organizations working together.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that we can have more local workers and missionaries to reach out to
all schools.
b. Pray that the Saturday meetings will be a place where the youth can
freely express themselves, learn about God and revive their relationships
with Him.
c. Pray that God enables us and provides the funds to have more camps for
the high school youth.

Job Creation Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. The Auto Mechanic education center building was finished in 2009 and we
begun classes this January with 5 students.
b. We have a Bible study with the students every day to build their
relationships with God first.
c. The mat factory ministry is very slow. The local leadership is not
properly established yet.

2. 2009 Report
a. Equipment was bought for the Automechanic school.
b. The text book for the automechanic school was edited and copied.
c. The committee for the automechanic ministry was established.
d. The mat factory went through continual problems in order to establish
local leadership.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray for the development of the mat factory ministry leadership.
b. Pray that the functions of the committee for the automechanic school will
be well established so that many youth can be trained for the job market.
c. Pray that the current students are equipped well with the Word of God and
the skills of repairing cars.

Bible College
1. 2010 June
a. 25 new students applied to the first year course and 4 in the second
year.
b. Students will be involved in a short-term mission to Lesotho.
c. The college hosted 22 satellite class students from Lesotho in order to
encourage and fellowship with them.

2. 2009 report
a. At the beginning of February, 22 Students applied to the course. 8 of
them finished it.
b. 2 local people and 2 missionaries were involving as teachers.
c. The college could not have a short-term mission trip because of a
shortage of resources.
d. 6 students graduated in 2009.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that as we approach winter, students will not be discouraged because
of circumstances such as cold and darkness, but they can see God and His
presence in their lives.
b. Pray that God enables the students and provides the finances for them to
go on a short-term mission trip.
c. As all the computers were stolen, our desire is to establish a computer
class. Pray that we can experience God¹s mercy and providence.

Satellite Classes (African Leadership Pastors¹ training program)
1. 2010 June
a. 21 classes are running throughout the country.
b. 19 Bible classes for Ethiopian refugees are running in South Africa.
c. We had a lecturers¹ conference in April 2010 in Welkom and 43 lecturers
attended.
d. We are planning 11 more classes this year.

2. 2009 report
a. 63 students graduated including the Ethiopian classes.
b. 3 seminars were held for the continuing education of graduated students.
c. 20 classes for South African and 22 Ethiopian classes were run
throughout the country.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that we can continually develop continuing education for alumni.
b. Pray that God provides enough speakers from overseas for our alumni
seminars.
c. Pray that as we plan 11 more classes this year, God will provide wisdom
and strength so that we can see more untrained pastors and church leaders to
be equipped to extend His kingdom.

Soccer Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. League games are being held every Friday with the 14 teams.
b. Plans for gospel outreach program throughout world cup event.

2. 2009 Report
a. The league games were held every Friday throughout the year with 12
teams.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that God enables camps for the soccer teams so that many young
people can have the opportunity to hear the gospel.
b. Pray that through the growth of the task team more young people are
guided to develop themselves to live as believers.
c. Pray that coaches and task team members are able to lead Bible studies.

Netball Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. Netball ministry is not functioning due to a coordinator moving on.
b. We are in transition with a new coordinator in order to establish the
netball ministry in the children¹s church ministry.

2. 2009 Report
a. League games held every Saturday with the 7 teams.
b. A camp for the coaches was held.
c. The netball team entered the Provincial Netball League of Western
Province and won the semifinals.
d. The coordinator moved to another ministry.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that the new coordinator will actively make many netball teams in
the children¹s churches in order to develop youth programs through the
children¹s church.

Namibia Independent Church Seminary Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. We are going to establish a new class soon. Since the 2 leaders
graduated from school, there have been many interested in training but due
to a lack of resources, we delayed the start of the new class.
2. 2009 report
a. The two leaders graduated from seminary.
b. We had 16 students registered but could not complete the course.
c. We had several meetings with the leaders of the independent churches but
there was no cooperation to send their church leaders to study.

3. Prayer requests
a. Pray for wisdom to approach the leaders of the independent churches so
that they can see the urgent need to train their leaders.

Madagascar (Registered as a non profit organization For The Kingdom)
1. 2010 June
a. In March, there were 2 pastors and church leaders seminars. In
Antananarivo we had 100 people and in Tamitave 150 people in the Seminar.
b. March 18, we inaugurated the Mobile clinic ministry near Tamitave. We
treated 123 patients. Since then we operate the mobile clinic once a month
in 2 different locations according to the government allowances.
c. All textbooks (10 books) for the African Leadership pastor¹s and church
leader¹s training programs were translated to the local language and 4 text
books were edited and 500 of each printed.
d. 15 businesses are being run through the youth bank. 7 of them are
successful.

2. 2009 report
a. The mobile clinic was registered for approval in the health department.
b. 5 more businesses were started through the help of the youth bank.
c. Funds were raised for the mobile clinic.
d. 2 pastors training programs were held in 2 different locations.
e. 2 English teachers were sent to the Bible college and local church.
f. 42000 English books were sent and distributed for helping to learn
English.
g. 1 short-term team joined evangelism in Fianranshua.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that through the mobile clinic, God’s love and care are shown in the
local community where there are no medical facilities.
b. Pray that more doctors volunteer to reach out more to the community with
the Gospel.
c. A Pastors’ training seminar will be held again in August 2010. Please
pray that the word of God will be taught to these thirsty people.
d. Pray that the rest of the textbooks are edited and printed on time to
train the pastors and church leaders.
e. Pray that the youth bank motivate the young people to stand independently
and give hope.

Lesotho Pastor’s training program
1. 2010 June
a. We are developing new classes in 3 different areas.
b. 22 graduated students came to Cape Town.
c. 2 Pastors’ training seminar were held
d. Requested by World Vision to train their project staff.

2. 2009 report
a. For one week every month, a pastors’ training course was held.
b. 8 students graduated.
c. 8 text books out of 10 were translated and edited.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that 2 more text books will be translated so that we can train the
pastors and church leaders with a complete set of text books.
b. Pray that we can identify devoted teachers so that many pastors and
church leaders will be equipped to spread the gospel.

Short-term mission teams
1. 2010 June
a. One team from Germany started a preschool building, built a youth center
building and served in many areas in April.
b. 3 teams from Canada, and 4 teams from the USA and 1 team from Korea will
come.
c. With these teams we will build 2 more preschools, and establish many
children’s churches and camps, school ministries and evangelism in Transkei.
d. One team will join the mission to Madagascar for English camps and
pastors’ training seminars.
e. One team will go to Malawi for Evangelism training for the local pastors
and church leaders.

2. 2009 report
a. One team from Germany, two teams from the USA, and three teams from
Canada.
b. With the German team we built one preschool in April.
c. English teaching and evangelism held in Madagascar.
d. Evangelism in Transkei took place and many people became Christians.
e. At two of the children’s churches, the teams did a winter holiday program
(bible school) for the children.
f. The various teams ran 3 children’s church camps.
g. Through the teams we painted preschools and ran children’s ministry,
school ministry and sport ministry.

3. Prayer Request
a. Pray that we can have a greater capacity to have more short-term teams so
that God’s kingdom will be widely extended in Africa and beyond.
b. Pray that the short-term teams’ involvement will bring God’s blessing in
Africa.
c. Pray that God give us wisdom to lead the teams to go to Madagascar and
Malawi.
d. Pray for protection of all teams from evil spirits.

Prepared by

Missionary Young Huem Ohm

Dear father God,

God, who loves me,
Help me to confess this for all of my days:

Lord, I love You.
I love You each and every day,
I want to love You only,
And love You to the death.

May only the name of Jesus be present on my lips and amongst my thoughts,
May I love the Lord with my all.

I love my family,
my wife,
my son,
my daughter,
that the Lord has gifted me with.

I love the missionaries,
the local friends in mission,
that the Lord has sent to walk by my side.
I love the sisters and brothers of Africa,
those, for whom the Lord had carried the cross.
I love the African brothers and sisters, whom the Lord has called his
children.

I love the friends in mission who were sent to build the kingdom of God
together.
I love the pastors, deacons, elders and partners in Christ who are committed
to and working together in this ministry,

I love the kingdom of God.
I love the eternal things of His kingdom,
and all the nations of His kingdom.

Because You live, I live,
I love all these things that You created,
I love all the people that were created in Your image.
God, My father! I love You.
I love Jesus,
I love the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

For the Kingdom.
Missionary Young Ohm

Ohmyoung2@gmail.com
www.africanleadership.info
www.cafeafrika.org

Feedback from the Pastoral Theological Training Teachers’ Conference:

About forty teachers from training centres of different districts gathered
in this seminar. It took place at a city near the mine named Welkom, about
1200 km away from Cape Town. Teachers gathered from all over; some had come
from a region as close as 100km away, while others had travelled 1200 km on
a bus. Seeing those passionately learning over the three days of training,
those who were committed to serve for the benefit of those untrained
pastors, and those shouting, praying out to the Lord, we could see the works
of God¹s hands, his determination, and his achievements. Lord, have mercy on
those pastors who couldn’t be trained due to racial discrimination, those
who are not confident of what they preach, those who were frustrated at how
little they knew of the bibles. They are pastors who are pasturing your
church, the Lord’s pastors who are spreading the gospel of salvation – Have
mercy. In South Africa, about 95% of the pastors have never gone to a
pastoral training school. They have an average education of up to first year
in secondary school. They have passion, and commitment, but because they
weren’t taught, many have misunderstood the Word or preach based on their
tradition more than on the Word. Amongst those are pastors who preach that
you can communicate with God through the ancestors’ ghosts; pastors who
cannot differentiate the Old and the New Testament; pastors who don’t know
whether Moses or Apostle Paul came first. Lord, have mercy over these
people.

It has been already 13 years since we built the district pastoral training
lecture centers to train them. Currently, there are lecture centres in about
40 regions, where we have altogether produced about 500 graduates. Yet,
countless many pastors need to be trained. Lord, allow lecture centers in
every town.. in every city and every town, grant teachers who would teach
the pastors. God has planted in me a heart to open up training centers in 11
different regions through this conference. Lord, use these servants of
yours.

Please pray:
1. For the 11 regions where we wish to build pastoral training centres:
Soweto, Maseru, Stillfontein, Durban, Barclay East, Cala, Butterworth,
Mtata, Mpumalanga, Cradock, Clarkstop

2. For there to be pastoral training lecture centers built in every city
and region of South Africa, so that the churches, the body of Christ, can
function as the salt and the light.

3. There have been 100 graduates from Queens Town training sessions over the
last 8 years. Now, we hope to see these graduates change the community and
bring the Lord’s kingdom closer. In July, we’ll be holding a seminar as a
first step for these graduates. Lord, may you mould them into pastors who
share the pain of the community, pastors who serve the unbelievers with the
Lord’s heart, pastors who have visions for the Lord’s kingdom, and pastors
who love the Word and seek passionately to know more about the Lord.

For the Kingdom,

Missionary Young Ohm

www.africanleadership.info
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Because of the strength of your love and prayer I am able to tell you about the Madagascar Mobile clinic. I am living in the blessing of being able to be at the place of God’s ministry, this is joy. I would like to share this joy with you. Also I would like to share with you the blessing of the Mobile
clinic.

Madagascar Mobile clinic

God is love.

He has seen the pain and suffering the People in Madagascar are in due to disease, and he has compassion for them. And because this love and compassion He has put in place the mobile clinic to stretch out his healing hands to the people.

In February $25000 arrived in Madagascar, a whole two month delay. It must have been satan who did not want it to happen. With $20000 we purchased a vehicle for the mobile clinic. This was and is Joy, blessing and hope. Thereafter in early March the health department sent a letter asking us to take charge of two villages and a document of approval of the clinic. Then in March we had the opening of the Mobile clinic. Praise the Lord! On Sunday March 14th , we had a final checkup on the mobile clinic where the 28 volunteering medical staff gathered and prayed. A volunteer medical team formed of the local Madagascan doctorsŠ For most of them it is probably the first time they volunteered for such a team. By the end of the fellowship they all knew, that God wanted to use them, that through them God was going to reach out to all those in need and all those in pain. They all bid to reach out to those villages that God loves and sees but are unable to receive medical care, also to share God¹s love to the people as they received their treatment.

Thereafter 3am the next day we went to the first village. We drove for four hours, and then at 7am we had a meeting with the village leader. Thereafter we drove a further one-hour to get to the next village which was across a large lake, but on our way we received a call to say that because of all the rain not even the 4X4 we were in would be able to get across to the village. So we organized small wooden ferries and sailed in for a further hour to arrive at the village. The village leader had come out to fetch us and we walked into the village, on the way one of my companions slipped and got all covered in mud, but we got there. In the village a small and old primary school hall was where about 100 villagers had gathered for the day. We started by praise and a small service. Then before the treatment began, one that all had awaited with much anticipation and hope. We shared the gospel. The people flooded us with questions. ³ why are the doctors coming here to treat us and taking no money?² “Why have you come from so far to see me?” we answered “It is because of Jesus. God loved us sinners of the world so much that he sent his only son, Jesus. Jesus died for all our sins on the cross, to save us. God loves you so very much. He wants to save you.”

The treatment began thereafterŠ because it was the first time it was a bit crazy but it was soon settled as all the doctors took a group of people and started their consultations and treatment. In total we treated 112 people.The smiles on their faces as they waited for their turn for treatmentŠ the children who started to cry as the stethoscope was brought near, the doctors
who wark so hard to help those suffering from denile each and every doctor putting their all into each and every patient. Watching this I can proclaim, “There are angels. Angels that God has sent” Lord! Let these doctors plant your hope into these people. Through them heal not only their bodies but their souls too.

One patient came arrived on crutches. You could smell him from a mile away. He had been cut open in the groin by a cow’s horns. The cut was about 10cm long and the skin around it was rotting away. The doctors decided to cut away the rotting skin and sow up the wound. But this was no operating room, it was a primary school. So two tables where put together as a operating table and the wound was washed out with water as there wasn’t enough alcohol. Then the rotting skin was cut out, the wound cleaned and the sowed up. The patient said that he had no pain killers availableŠ he thought he was going to die there were no hospitals nearby, no doctors then the skin began to rot and he could see death before his eyes, and he lost hope and awaited his death.

During the operation the doctors shared the gospel with the patient, and the patient accepted the gospel and promised to attend church. This is God’s grace. (attached picture is after operation)

We had packed no lunch for the trip and so as the evening approached we all began to slack but watching the hard working doctors we had to stand strong. The village leader got one of their youths to go up a large coconut tree in the vicinity and pick coconuts for us so that we could drink the milk.

After the treatment we were back in the boats and headed home. Despite the hard seats and uncomfortable positions that we had to travel in the doctors sang praise all the way. The songs on the quiet river. Lord! This is your kingdom. Even though we are tired and hungry, because you are here we have strength to carry on.

These were moments of awe and thankfulness. But this is not the end, there are thousands of village like these in Madagascar. Village that have never seen treatments taking place.. others that are located in the vast open land no where near a clinic or even a doctor. Many people are dying from simple diseases with cures. The day that this servant arrived in Madagascar, a man who has the status of a mayor from a port about 12 hours away came to see us after hearing about this mobile clinic. We asked for help in continuing.

A few days later a typhoon came into the town and killed 25 people and injured many more. But no one is going to help these people. Lord! Have pity on these people. And give them compassion and helping hands. We are waiting to be used, Use us lord. Let this mobile clinic that was stared be able to expand and take charge of many more villages. Let more medical staff volunteer to come on board the team. Let there be more transport available to spread these healing hands.
Let much medication be spread among the people.

Lord! The sounds of those suffering and in pain are loud. Lord! Please accept out mobile clinic. Let us go out with your hands, your feet and your heart Use us.

Please pray:

1. That the mobile clinic with settle well. The medical staff who have volunteered will be running the clinic. Because they all have very little experience there will be many operational problems occurring. Pray that the lord will give them his guidance and that he will intervene with their every decision, so that they will experience his grace.

2. That the volunteering medical staff will experience God and feel joy of being used by God.

3. That the necessary transport and medication and financial aid will be provided.

4. That God will give us more transport, doctors, and medication to be able to go to all the areas that need and want our help, and that He will give us the right partners to support us.

5. That many will meet Jesus and be invited to the life of eternity with God through the mobile clinic and that through this we can glorify God’s name.

For the kingdom!

Missionary Young Ohm

www.africanleadership.info

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