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Ask God to determine our steps in 2012. “In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” Prov. 16:9
FCE day of Prayer and Fasting. Ask God to reveal Himself to the body of FCE so that all of us may have the same compassion and love as Jesus had for the people and places where FCE is involved all over the world.
Pray for Bernice/ Piet/Elma/Anita Grobler who are involved in the training of the first year teacher students at Koti ni Eden. Reinette Holtzhausen will join them in May after the completion of her further studies. Pray that they will work in unity. We truly are in need of administrative staff at all our training centres. The work load is heavy and the hands are few. Please ask the Lord to send in efficient and dedicated people with an interest in admin work.
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Pray for God’s protection on the staff as they travel back to the different training centres. Pray for travel mercies, the crossings at the borders and the finances to complete the journeys.
FCE Wolseley starts with a DiscipleshipMission Training course. Pray for the students who are enrolled in this course. Pray that their hearts and minds will be renewed so that they can come to know the perfect will of God for their lives. Rom. 12:1,2
FCE schools start in Zambia. Pray that the teachers will focus on revealing Christ through their subjects instead of only teaching knowledge.
Four students enrolled for the Hospitality and Tourism Training. The curriculum has been modified and the emphasis of the course is on providing a service which is founded on the example Jesus set as a Servant. Pray for them.
Pray for the staff who work in the offices, kitchen, media, building, carpentry, clinic, agriculture, farming, maintenance, gardens, etc. Many times their work is taken for granted,but without their hard work, FCE cannot function as a mission organisation.
Ask God to guide the leadership of FCE. Pray for them to be God fearing in everyday challenges, decisions and dealing with issues.
The Jansens Jansen will be in South Africa during 2012. Carien has been suffering from severe headaches, the cause of which could not yet be diagnosed. Trust the Lord for her healing. Hendrik will be studying for his Master’s degree through distance education at Southland College, Australia. Birthday: Anita Grobler
Join us as we trust the Lord for finances to run our training centres, to supply accommodation and food for the staff, for travel expenses, the visas and work and study permits. These costs are increasing every year and we really find it difficult to make ends meet.
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The staff of Koti ni Eden has made commitments for various outreach initiatives this year. Pray for God’s revelation and excellent planning to reach people’s hearts and teach them skills. Ask God to give them a vision beyond themselves to lift Christ up in all they do. Ask God to prepare the hearts of the first year teacher students. They will not have senior students to ‘show the way’ so we will have to ensure that a pure perspective of the FCE vision is understood by them, and that they will take it and be able to lead those who follow in their wake.
Pray for the training centre leaders: Carel and Rentia at Wolseley, Brian and Barbara at Koti ni Eden, Ameck and Lydia at Kalungu and Moses and Regina at Malawi.
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Pray for the children of the FCE Staff.
Ask the Lord to protect us from the evil one – pray that we will not be discouraged, that we will not give the enemy any foothold by giving in to negative talk or thinking, but that the joy of the Lord will be our strength as we seek to honour Him.
Zhak and Yvette Maloney are released from FCE for 2012. Yvette and their daughter Isabella suffered from continuous malaria attacks and they need to get away from the malaria area to fully recover. Pray for them as this decision was not easy for them.
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Bring honour and glory to God for taking Carel and Renee Els lovingly through a very difficult time. Renee survived the chemotherapy and will receive X-ray treatment during January. Continue to pray for complete healing.
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Birthday: Elise Compion
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Birthday: Hendrik Jansen
Ask the Lord for sponsorship for students who are interested in the further training that FCE offers. Many of them have the desire to be trained, but few of them have the means to make their dreams come true.
The Lord gave FCE the tools of teaching and training to reach the lost. Pray for effective marketing strategies to mobilise future students, especially from within Zambia and Malawi.
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FCE Zambia/ Malawi regional staff conference. Pray that God will be the Author and Finisher of our decisions. Our hearts’ desire is to first seek his Kingdom and to be actively involved in building this kingdom.
Praise the Lord for Gert, Janine Basson and their team who diligently served the Lord at the King’s Highway Guesthouse at Masaiti. Our rental agreement has expired and we have moved from the premises. Pray for funds to build a new FCE guesthouse at Koti ni Eden. Our Community Development Course will only commence in 2013. Pray for students to come in who will be on fire for communities. Ask God to help us simplify and intensify our curriculum so that we reach our goal to transform communities for Christ.
By His grace we were able to build up international contacts in Christian schools, mission organisations, communities and churches. Together with ex-students, prayer supporters, they help us with our various projects. Thank the Lord for His provision through the body of Christ.
Birthday: Jaco v.d. Westhuizen
Pray God’s blessing on the FCE King’s Highways. Riette at Somerset West, Cecile at Okahandja and Karin at Kalungu. Encourage family and friends to stay over at our guesthouses. Visit www.kingshighway.co.za.
Pray God’s blessing on our biltong shops in Somerset West, the Strand and the Biltong factory in Tulbagh. The profit from these businesses provide for some of the needs of the training centres.