Old Naledi News 9

September 14, 2007

“O dira di gakgamatso! O dira di gakgamatso! Jehovah Jireh, Modimo monete, o dira di gakgamatso!”

Prayer Requests

*Praise the Lord, that after much fasting and praying, Mma Rebekah’s daughter, Vivian’s stolen school uniform was returned!

*The Gakuto congregation is growing! Praise God for the first youth group meeting, which was held on Saturday.

*Praise the Lord that the Junior Youth is off to a good start. They are studying the fruits of the spirit with Rapula, Lillian and Becky. This week’s fruit will be joy!

*The process has begun in drawing up plans for the new NBF church building and youth drop in center.

*Becky’s sister Maipelo and her family will be visiting Gaborone at the end of this month!

*Please pray for the youth fund raiser which will be held at OBC on December 4^th. The youth are all preparing dramas, songs, dances, and poems to be performed on that evening.

*This Thursday, a meeting will be held to decide the future of the Mogoditshane church. Please pray that God’s will would be done.

*Champ asks for prayer for moving the PC to its new location at the church plot.

This Week in the Fellowship…

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” ~2 Chronicles 7:14

God has truly blessed the efforts of the outreach team in Gakuto. The service this Sunday grew to include many children and youth, and this congregation asks for prayer as a youth group will begin to meet this week!

Mma Rebekah taught the women’s fellowship this week from Psalm 46. She and Mma go Becky have been meditating on Psalm 18 together at the Tlamelo Project.

The youth group has been challenged through an exciting study of Jesus’ last words in the book of John. This week, Lame taught on John 13, washing the disciples’ feet. We believe that God has heard our prayers for unity, as we got to know each other more deeply in pairs, and washed each other’s feet. This theme has also been a major focus of the girl’s study of Ephesians each Friday night. This past week, we celebrated Masego’s birthday and discussed Godly marriages through Ephesians 5.

Please pray for a continual spirit of unity among the youth, especially as we begin to serve the Naledi community enter an anticipated time of preparing for the December camp.

Old Naledi News 8

September 7, 2007

O dira di gakgamatso! Jehovah Jirah, Modimo Monete…O dira di gakgamatso!!!

Prayer Requests

*Monna Mogolo is sick this week with some serious back pain. Please keep him in your prayers.

*Please pray for all the ministries of the church, especially the girls football outreach.

*The Gakuto and Mogoditshane churches have been outreaching to their communities. Please pray for fruits to that labour.

*Please pray for funds for the December Camp.

*Lame will be leaving on September 22^nd for South Africa. Please pray for his immigration paperwork and praise the Lord for travel expenses being provided by the body of Christ!

*Please pray for the local youth who have been vandalizing and stealing church property.

*Mma Rebekah asks for prayer for the young children who frequent the bar near her house. She has been watching them walk a dangerous path.

This Week in the Fellowship…

He keeps on doing great things! This has been the theme of the week here at Naledi Baptist Fellowship. This Sunday, we celebrated the Lord’s Supper along with visitors from the Francistown Baptist Church. We welcomed back an old friend from Harvest Fellowship, Barbara Hartnett! Our Deacon Champ returned after several weeks away. We are happy to have him back and praise God for answered prayer as he assisted his father in his home village. We now continue in prayer with Champ as he is concerned for the health of his sister.

We are very excited to have had our first well attended Jr. Youth program. Becky and Rapula led the group with games and stories illustrating Gal. 5:22 about the Fruit of the Spirit. We were surprised by the enthusiasm of the children.

The women met to sing, pray and study God’s word on Thursday evening. The question “What is a Christian?” was asked. They looked at important verses such as Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus”, and Acts 16:31 “Beleive in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.” Mma Rebekah lead the study.

Sr.Youth began their study on the Last words of Jesus with a drama by Thumo and Linkie and Becky’s teaching on John 12. The Youth begin their fundraising project; a theatre night, to be held at Open Baptist on Oct. 4. This will be a big undertaking. Please pray for the work that will go into it.

Girl’s Bible Study, which meets on Friday night, has been very well received. Much fruit has come out of this time and the girls are excited about their growth

Old Naledi News Issue 7

Naledi Baptist News

August 31, 2007

“The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.” ~Isaiah 58:11

Prayer Requests

*Last week, the outreach team handed out invitations to the church services in Gakuto. Praise the Lord for an increase in attendance as young children came to church!

*Praise the Lord for safe arrival for Barbara Hartnett who has come to encourage our fellowship. Please pray for her time here. She is already being an encouragement and help in ministry.

*Lame, Moruti, and family had safe and refreshing travels in South Africa last week.

*Praise the Lord for providing a venue for the December camp. Pikwe Baptist Church has invited us for a time of spiritual nourishment. Please pray for the preparation and planning for this event!

*Thank you for your prayers for financial provision. This week, the church partners have provided much of the money required for Lame’s travel expenses for seminary.

* Please pray for Champ and his family as his father has lost many cattle and Champ’s assistance is needed during this time

*Last week, there was a bus accident in which several students from Maun were killed. Please pray for their families and praise the Lord that these students had the opportunity to hear the gospel through the work of Face the Nation.

Harvest Fellowship Prayer Requests...

(This is the part where I'm going to compile a list of prayer request from Harvest this week..)

This Week in the Fellowship…

“but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” ~Isaiah 40:31

During the absence of Moruti and his family, Moruti Julian spoke on Isaiah 40, reminding us of the hope that the Lord provides of renewed strength. Like the eagle, we must wait in faith for God to deliver us. We can draw strength from trusting in him to truly soar in His will for our lives.

The outreach team made invitations and distributed them among children in Gakuto village, inviting them to attend Sunday services. The bubble gum attached to the invitations was a big hit! They followed up on the outreach this Wednesday and will continue with similar invitation ministry next week, inviting young people in Old Naledi to the Jr. Youth program. Please pray with us as this is a ministry that would fulfill a huge spiritual need; but students have shown little interest. Pray against discouragement!

The youth will be starting a new study on Jesus’ last words to the disciples. We are excited to meditate on the message of our savior and to truly hear what God has to say to us in following Him more closely. There will be a youth leaders meeting this Tuesday. Please pray for those that will be leading this series as we want to be accountable in our faithfulness to the purity of God’s word. Like Paul said, we do not want to “go beyond what is written”, but as those “entrusted with the “secret things of Christ”, we would be proven faithful (paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 4).