Ella McKenzie Saraceno
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Plett Christian School Assembly
with analogies relevent to their context and understanding.
Love Nathan
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
In the US, I am busy sorting through stuff in my parent's basement. Ciara and Kirsten joined me Sat night, and helped divide up 3 boxes of pictures... below is a note we found that Ciara wrote about age 9. I hope you enjoy it, we laughed till we cried!
I'm running away, but If you
catch find me before I'm gone
I leave, I'll stay only if you
still want me to stay.
(there is more writing on the back)
Dear Mom, dad,
Tiffany and Kirsten
I'm not here
any more I
left to go
somewhere, I don't
know exactly
where (i'm going) but before
I leave I'm going to go
(turn page)
in a couple
places in the house,
the places are the
closet by the front
door next I'll
go in the dirty
cloths closet where
we keep our dirty
cloths then I'll go
to my room and
if my bedroom window
is open I'm not here!
Our recruitement process for BSSM has yielded 36 1st year students for the School, for 2010. My portfolio is to administer and facilitate the school for the next 2 years. A daunting task but the process has been extremely successful. Representing a cross section of students from the Hornley and Concordia Communities (non white segment of South Africans) as well as cross denominational presence (i.e. Vineyard Church, NG Church-Dutch Reform, Pentecostal Charismatic Apostolic, Presbyterian etc). It was stressful yet exciting to collate all the manuals and Pastor
Brian Long and myself accomplished the task timeously. Colin Rouse also assisted the process by ordering our first reader "When Heaven Invades Earth " by Bill Johnson. A deep hunger and anticipation for the course by the students is the prevailing atmosphere and we are officially out of the starting blocks. In addition the Revival Groups were well attended and very vibrant. Lois Gardner is running a Tuesday Morning sessions from her home at a slightly slower pace but already experiencing an intense ministry time.
God bless Nathan
Attached is my new Children's Church Teen Group for 2010. Wow, a vibrant group of young people. This weekend past Pastor Brian Long called all the young people up from my group to lay hands on and pray for members of our congregation that needed prayer. The Holy Spirit exercised the gifts of the spirit among the congregation and the fruit was phenomenal. There is not a doubt in my mind that God is definitely raising up a generation of history makers and change agents among our youth at The Island Church. Praise God for his Glory and open heaven we are currently experiencing.
Regards Nathan
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
While here in the US, Nathan has been busy with guests in Knysna...
A frantic call from Island Church friends, needed a place for 7 to stay the night traveling through. Meet the "Aiyawoo's" (sounds almost like "I love you"). Clarence & Mandy and thier children Caroline and Cameron... along with their church friends William, Andre and Levelle.
Add those to Nathan's other guests; Steve staying for the whole month of January and Warren for this week... and Nathan was pleased to find there was still hot water for his shower. After the extra guests left Nathan sent the following email
"My heart was so warmed, by seeing friends enjoying our home. Wow God is so good. We prayed together proclaiming ownership of this property for the extention of God's kingdom. Baby we need to pick up the pace for pushing into God for our inheritance in Christ Jesus. He wants to bless us to be a blessing... I believe this will be a place of Shalom!"