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| Opening ceremonies get underway with a Scripture reading. |
Things are going really well here in Capetown and the contributions of our AE guys are significant and outstanding (if I may comment in true “objective” reporting style!). The over 4000 delegates from almost 200 nations here in Capetown include over 30 AE staff, board members, and Foxfires, as well as numerous other people who have been staff or board members in the past. We are involved in almost every aspect – as speakers, stewards, organisers, media, delegates and Mission Africa representatives. The attached photos only represent a few of those involved as I am still searching for many of the others in this sea of people!
The program is full, intense, varied and multicultural. We have heard many incredible testimonies about the Lord’s work around the world in various ways. He certainly has been VERY busy! We spent some time praying for China, which prevented its 200-strong delegation from attending. Michael C. today described to us that he has just heard one of the most powerfully miraculous testimonies ever from an Iranian believer. We look forward to hearing it tomorrow at an AE gathering. Many of these testimonies are bittersweet as they involve the death of family or loved ones who died for the sake of bringing the gospel to others. These testimonies and the penetrating talks on Ephesians have certainly provided a challenge for those of us who work in nations with relatively open doors to the gospel.
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| Over 4000 delegates representing almost 200 nations. |
It has been fun singing worship in the seven Congress languages, though as Africans or those who have been influenced by Africa, many of us are wishing they would allow more than 15 minutes of singing each session! The pace at which we are pushing through the program, and the challenging topics covered in the evenings has meant that everyone was well and truly ready for the rest day today!
I think it would be fair to say that everyone at the Congress feels very deeply the immense privilege of participating in this gathering. We feel history is in the making! We hope that many of you are able to also participate in some way through the Globalink site, and encourage you to do so if you are able. You’ll see an interesting news release below about the Globalink site which was inoperative for a while—we found out yesterday that it had been maliciously hacked but I understand that it now back up and running!
On a different note, please pray for our prayer coordinator Jean Van Rensburg who is currently in hospital and is quite unwell. She has marshaled pray-ers for AE ministries and personnel around the continent for many years, and we also need to support her in prayer at this time.
- Vanessa Khlentzos
(Pan African Communications,
African Enterprise)
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