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27 Feb 2012

Had a wonderful Sunday yesterday at Wycombe Farm Village. Deena was supposed to present to the children for Sunday School however, There were only a few children so she presented to the whole church. There were probably 15 children at this outdoor church service. Deena presented a simple message using props to show how a black stained heart can come white through a relationship wi Christ. Even though the message is geared toward children one of the adult ladies came forward with tears in her eyes wanting to accept Jesus. We got the entire service on video and will post on facebook/youtube in a day or two. The amazing thing was, the prop failed but the message went through. The harvest field is truly ripe and we are humbled God chose us as the laborers.

Also Deena has been working fast and furious and is starting to see the fruits of her labor in regards to her service to Shekinah Christian Academy. The reading curriculum she has been working hard to implement has been accepted by the Department of Education here. She also has developed work sheets to go with the curriculum and has implemented remedial reading groups that are starting to show real results with students who have reading challenges. Please pray that the school will find a volunteer to take over the remedial reading group until we return hopefully by the end of the year.

Please stay tuned, more updates to come as the week goes by. So much happening as our time runs short!!

About Us

We are Dan and Deena Simmons who are currently serving in Newcastle South Africa for two months along with our sons Josiah and Micah. We will be leaving in March and hope to return as long term missionaries here by the end of 2012.

What are we doing?

Deena has 21 years teaching as a primary school teacher and she also has 11 years experience in reading curriculum development. She is working with a new Christian school here in Newcastle and is assisting with developing their reading curriculum, remedial reading and teacher training. When we return on a more permanent basis Deena will continue to assist the school with whatever is needed in regards to academic development, teaching and/or training. Dan has teamed up with local pastors in developing a youth soccer organization that will be centred around promoting the gospel to potentially thousands of children and giving these kids an avenue to improve their soccer skills and development. There are currently no soccer leagues or formal competition opportunities for youth in this area. Additionally, literacy in South Africa is low, especially in the more rural areas. Because of this we feel the Lord is leading to start a mobile reading workshop ministry we can take to mission schools, townships and rural locations in the northern KwaZulu Natal region. This workshop would provide reading materials, parent training and tutoring for youth free of charge.

Simmons 4 Africa

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