Marie’s team – – from left to right – Luke, Tara, Steve and Marie
We have all served on some wonderful teams, and working with people you enjoy and love daily is a privilege. For the last four years, Marie has had the joy of working closely with the president, Steve Sellers, and a small team that feels like we are the Aarons and Hurs (from Exodus 17: 12-13) – who hold up his arms as he leads our movement. Marie had such a close working relationship with this little team that she sometimes spoke to them in Afrikaans before remembering they were not family.
On 18 July, Steve handed over the leadership to our newly elected president, David Robbins. Marie coordinated his commissioning service, which was a beautiful celebration of God’s faithfulness over the last 73 years of our organization.
You can watch the recording of the service.
Please pray for David as he steps into his new role and as we learn to support him.
Thank you that you are our Aarons and Hurs, holding our arms up as we serve the Lord on the frontlines.
Prayer Requests:
- Praise the Lord for Stefan’s successful visit to North Africa. The interviews their team did with believers and church planters to understand the movements in that country went well. The only challenge was that his suitcase had its own itinerary and arrived 13 days late – but it did arrive!
- Praise the Lord that Kenneth is safely back from Alaska after a great adventure.
- Thank the Lord for our wonderful co-workers.
- Pray for our student ministries as they prepare for the start of the new academic year in many parts of the world. We have many outreach strategies, especially for first-year students.