News Category: Missions (2 posts)

Streams of Mercy | 08th July 2016 | General Articles

  The invitation to minister in South Africa came via Pastor Moses Rains Mangeni who had been our driver for the Uganda mission in   January 2012.   He had moved to   South Africa   to minister with his brother, Apostle George Mangeni, in Carletonville, and had told him about the ministry of Streams of Mercy. We flew to Johannesburg on 16th January 2013. We were met by Pastor Moses and Apostle George and taken to   our accommodation in Carletonville. We visited a small orphanage and a home for severely disabled children. In both places we saw the results of loving care freely given. The staff in the disability home were all volunteers, unpaid, but giving daily of their   time to feed and care for these very disabled and helpless children.   We were able to be an encouragement to the staff and took gifts of food and basic necessities.   On the first Sunday morning we   attended the Christian Family   Fellowship   in Potchefstroom staying for the first half hour or so of worship   and were then taken to our first prison ministry in Potchefstroom Prison ( or Centre of Correctional Services).   Worship in the Christian Family Fellowship Church Schoolgirls parading to Church  Janis and  Laurie with Pastor Bill and Moses Mangeni        The group who took us into the prison felt that women should not minister to the male inmates. So while Laurie went into the main male section  with the  other pastors, Janis was taken alone to minister to a small group of women in the female section. A translator was found but turned out to be not needed, and a service went ahead with just 14 ladies present. After a time of worship and ministry  it transpired that all 14 claimed to be believers.    We closed the service in prayer, and then one by one the women approached Janis with matters requiring prayer.  ...

Streams of Mercy | 15th July 2013 | General Articles

SOON - a Gospel broadsheet in Easy English containing testimonies from around the world, is a useful addition to our prison ministry in Uganda. It also has expressions in Kiswahili (Upesi) and French (Bientot) which also prove useful especially in Dr Congo.We don't often get to take pictures in prisons but here are a few showing people receiving the leaflets. For further information about the SOON ministry see the website: http://www.soon.org.uk Prisoners in Dr Congo receiving Upesi and Bientot. Men in Sanka Nyamba village, Dr Congo, receiving and reading Upesi. School children in Mayuge, Uganda, receiving SOON ...