As you can see from these photos, the kids not only love it, they are focused on their work proud of their accomplishments!
5 Ways We Are Influencing a Community and Building Trust
“When we came to Onseepkans, the Lord gave me a portion of Scripture over and over again,” ITMI’s Gerhard le Roux said in a recent interview.
If You Could Visit Onseepkans, South Africa
What would you have seen if you were able to visit Onseepkans Mission with our ITMI team?
4 Things I Learned from ITMI Partners
On a recent trip to Southern Africa with Director Steve Evers and ITMI board member Jon Dekkers, I learned some very important things about missionaries, things which will help me appreciate them forevermore.
He Comes to Make His Blessings Flow
I would ask my mother, “Why are you drinking?” Her answer, “I drink so that I can forget what I have gone through all the years was a slave.”
A Life Changing Trip
ITMI partner, Gerhard le Roux, serving in Onseepkans, South Africa shared this story. Gerhard had the opportunity to bless, invest in and build a relationship with a local Christian leader in a neighboring town, Pofadder. Gerhard shares how Manie’s worldview and understanding of Christian living was expanded through experiencing Christians from other parts of Africa and the world. Enjoy Gerhard’s story!
What Happened When an ITMI Partner Invited Trespassing Vandals to Come Back Next Week
Gerhard le Roux surveyed the down cast eyes of the trespassers and the police who had been called to the situation.
He realized the hopelessness of the situation.
What’s So Special About Libeko?
ITMI partners, Timothy Keller and Gerhard le Roux, traveled with Director, Steve Evers, and John Jere to remote Lukulu, Zambia earlier this fall. These are their reflections:
Slaying the Monsters
Spring had finally arrived to the southern hemisphere and more specifically to the Northern Cape of South Africa. There were signs of growth and new life everywhere. God’s yearly quilt of unlimited color blankets the otherwise barren sheep-land which borders the 185+ kilometer dirt road “shortcut” that leads to the Orange River and the outpost called, Onseepkans, South Africa. This is where ITMI’s Gerhard and Elmane le Roux and family are fighting the monsters that come from an almost forgotten and godless society.
6 Ways We Are Breaking the Curse
Cursed is the Ground Anyone who wants to produce something in Onseepkans, South Africa, must creatively sidestep and overcome challenges such as primitive infrastructure, lack of water, poor soil, too much sun, marauding animals, very hardy weeds and insects. The extreme conditions are an exhibit of the truth God spoke when he said to Adam, […]