Yesterday and Saturday and I the opportunity to meet with some of the Mennonite Witness workers who are also serving in South Africa. Phil Lindell Detweiler was in town facilitating a conference on Conflict Resolution for church leaders in and around the Cape Flats in Cape Town. The conference is going to be held from the 7th to the 9th at the university of Cape Town, I felt fortunate that Phil was able to spare the time to spend with me, pulling such a conference together is no small task. Phil had me over to the place he was staying at in Observatory (another subdivision here in Cape Town) and made a meal for us to share. It was delicious! and very edifying conversation as well.
And then just today I had the opportunity to meet Karen and Andrew Suderman, the couple currently residing at 17 Croft Rd in Pietermaritzburg where Dan and Yvonne used to live. I would say they are Dan and Yvonne's 'replacements' but I don't think that's quite an adequate term under these circumstances. Each person that come through here on behalf of Mennonite Missions brings their own unique gifts to the table, and today I was happy to be able to get to know Karen and Andrew as well as to find out about their ministry in South Africa. They told me that they have been in South Africa for almost six weeks, and have already spent half of that on the road! So needless to say they have been busy taking in the country and discerning what exactly their time here will be all about. Having now had the opportunity to talk with them, I am optimistic for their time here and their ongoing contributions to Anabaptism in Africa, I'm sure they will be a blessing to those they come in contact with.
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