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“Your ‘G’ was perfect…”
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Tags: Afrikaans, language learning, missionary work, South Africa
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Books — The Resurrection: Fact or Fiction?
A little review of a little book.
The Resurrection: Fact or Fiction? Answers to Common Questions About Jesus’ Death and Resurrection by Richard Bewes
This seemed in several ways a fitting book both for a quick study this morning and to reawaken the book reviews portion of this site:
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Finally back again, together
From the beginning, this ministry has always been a family endeavor.
Tracy and I prayed about serving vocationally for many years even before God’s “wait” became His “yes, now.” The kids grew up preparing to move overseas one day. We all let go of things that would’ve become family heirlooms or treasured toys and mementos to share with later generations, and much harder, we all said goodbye to friends and loved ones and stepped forward in faith and obedience to God’s call. We moved to Cape Town, found a church and embraced our community and its people, and made friends. There were blessings and joys and challenges and heartaches—just as there are in every season of life.
Then, much sooner than we’d anticipated, we did it all again, letting go of the life and relationships we’d formed in South Africa, stepping forward again into God’s plans although it felt like stepping back, trusting and obeying God even when we didn’t understand His call back to the US.
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Tags: Cape Town, family ministry, God's faithfulness, James 1:17, Missionary, missionary work, reunion, South Africa
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Celebrating our new cover photo!
One of our hopes this trip was to get some new photos of our family in South Africa, including remaking some pictures like the one that has long been our cover photo here on our family ministry website.
Taken shortly before we moved back to the US in 2017, it was a pretty outdated representation of our family. Cape Town has many of these picture frames at various nature overlooks and tourist sites, including this one at the V&A Waterfront, showing Table Mountain in the background. Karen and Billy did a great job of recreating their poses—as did that sailboat mast!
This new photo is a precious reminder of God’s faithfulness and goodness in allowing our family to continue in ministry despite many years of changes and challenges. It’s also a joyful memento of a long-awaited return to South Africa together.
As always, thank you to all who support us and this ministry through your prayers, financial contributions and encouragement!
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The Heffron Family 