POSTCARD FROM AFRICA-- September 2024

This month, a team from First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Maryland, USA, presented a marriage seminar to a selected group of our pastors in the Northwest Province of South Africa. The delegates were made up of a diverse group ranging from very newly married couples to those married for over 40 years. 

The investment into these couples has been a joy to see. They were able to take three days away from their church and be loved and ministered to in their hometown, which is rare for pastors who serve in rural communities. Normally, they would have to travel hundreds of miles at great expense to attend this kind of conference. We are privileged to have been able to bring this time of ministry to them.

Here is some of the feedback we have received:

• How much the pastoral couples appreciated the transparency of the leaders who were teaching. It helped them relate to their teaching and made them feel that those leading lived what they preached.

• The tools that were shared were practical and useful and that they could take these home and apply them.

• They appreciated the biblical foundation from which the teachings were shared.

One young married couple said, "This is the first time we've attended a marriage conference. We are married only for one year and this is laying a strong foundation for our marriage going forward."

Your investment in Orchard: Africa has made it possible for us to serve and love these couples. Thank you for helping to strengthen their marriages.