Yonela pressed her fingertips into the corners of her eyes. She ran them across her dark eyebrows and shook her head in fatigue and frustration. From the front of the South African high school classroom, her algebra teacher was explaining a complicated concept in Afrikaans, Yonela’s third language. At home, Yonela speaks Xhosa and English. Yonela was desperately trying…
Dear Team: Dream Big, Ask Boldly
This might be a small thing, but it tickled me. I should have known better when ITMI’s Charl van Wyk asked me how many thumb drives we had. Charl doesn’t look at things like most people. He…
An Important Message and a Limited Time Offer!
If stewardship is important to you, if you’d like maximize your impact, if you like tax deductions – and making a real difference at the same time, if the plight of the poor and marginalized are on your heart but you don’t know what to do about it; then this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for!
Yanked from a Crocodile’s Jaws
One young man arrived on crutches from an injury he suffered in a crocodile attack. Thankfully, he wasn’t alone during the attack.In a vicious fight his friends clung to his upper body and arms while the croc clutched his foot before the friends finally won out. Medical staff managed to save his foot and toes.
How a Church in South Africa Became Known as the “Pizza Church”
What led the neighbors of Mark Parris’ church in South Africa to refer to Durbanville Community Church as “the Pizza Church?”
The Story of Stone Hill’s Soldiers for Christ
Several years ago, Stone Hill was a forgotten squatters’ camp outside Durbanville, South Africa. But now…
Why the Completion of the Stone Hill Ministry Facility Means So Much (Video)
It’s exhilarating to see something great accomplished. Especially when that something is a big endeavor, the kind only God can pull off. The kind that truly makes the world a better place. And that’s what makes today’s news such cause for celebration.
The One Idea You Must Embrace to Be a Kingdom Builder
ITMI Monthly chats with ITMI partner, Charl van Wyk, for a behind-the-scenes look at what happened a couple years back that turned his ministry around.
Boys Lose Everything but Escape with their Lives
Mabuti is a teenager living in the subsistence world of Stone Hill, where survival is tough even for adults. He is also providing for his younger brother. The brothers were fast asleep in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, February 14, when…
20 Boys’ Thought-Provoking Response to Camp Provisions
Recently, they took 20 of the young men from Stone Hill to a church-owned camping facility. “The excitement was almost too much for them…”
