Jesus Christ - what a Superstar!

Last week was Piet's birthday. One of our favourite things to do is go to the theatre and see live shows. I took Piet out for the night on Tuesday last week to see Jesus Christ Superstar live at the casino about 15 from where we stay. It was a really great rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and very accurate to Scriptures. Of course it is a modern twist of the story of Jesus, but very nicely put together.

After the show, we decided to get something hot to drink and walk around a cute book store. It reminded me so much of Borders or Barnes and Noble, just a much smaller scale. I found Piet engaged in conversation with two gentlemen. They were involved in ministry in one of the local townships and were asking about our ministry as well. We shared stories and encouraged one another. We talked for a while and they wanted to pray for us. After they prayed for us, they handed Piet a handful of money! We couldn’t believe it we were in shock.

The whole way home we were just laughing and thanking God. We just kept thinking that this is exactly what happens when you pray and ask the Lord to provide for you. Praise God, the new car is coming!

Love provides

The Bakers

God is Moving!

After recruiting 45 students from multiple different high schools in the area, we at Africa Ablaze hosted our first Church Planting Camp. The most dedicated Christian students were chosen to be a part of the weekend. We equipped and trained them about how to start their own small group and how to grow other like-minded students into mature followers of Christ. Our sponsor had a vision to reach 1,000,000 souls, and we have already started counting!



Roasting Marshmallows!



When we ventured back into the schools this week, we had many young people coming up to us with their “Reach for Life” Bibles in hand to tell us that they had already formed groups and were meeting regularly.  These youth have seen the vision and how to attain it and they are making something happen.

Oh yeah, I (Leah) have started preaching in the schools. I’m still learning and growing, and it’s pushed me way out of my comfort zone. Piet preaches regularly and he’s such a natural.

In other news, life is hard. We are facing lots of challenges personally and even in ministry. We know that life has its ups and down, but right now seems to be especially difficult. I’m so thankful that we have each other to cling to during this time, and of course God is carrying us through it all. We’d be nowhere without Him.

Our car died yesterday. We are officially fixing it for the last time, parking it, and selling it. At this point, I’ve actually been considering throwing it off a cliff so I never have to think about it again. BUT God is good and we have someone who really wants to buy it; who knew. Luckily we aren’t far from buying our new and improved car. About a week ago we only needed about R10,000 for our new vehicle, but now it’s looking like we will need an extra R5,000 in order to repair our old car. Plus, we won’t be able to get the amount we were hoping to get from it. So, in translation that is $2142. I’m so thankful to God that we have raised and saved as much money as we have in the few months that we started trusting God for a new vehicle. It’s incredible really.

Thank you for your prayers, we really need it.

Pray for:
-The last finances to come in for our truck/SUV
-Ministry
-Wisdom and understanding
-Peace

We love you!

The Bakers

P.S. Some have been asking how to give. The best way is to send a check written to “Discovery Church” with “South Africa” in the memo, sent to Discovery Church, 5860 Las Positas Road, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.