But first... a summary of what Hans and I are doing for those of you who are new to our blog: We are currently working with YWAM in Muizenberg, South Africa. While there are many schools, programs and projects that are running here at YWAM Muizenberg, we are specifically involved in the Biblical Studies Department. Right now, that means we are a part of a school called School of Biblical Studies (SBS), a 9 month school in which students study through the entire Bible using the Inductive Bible Study method. Hans completed this school last year in Montana, so he is on staff, and Susan is currently a student in the school and planning to be on staff next year. "Being on" staff includes teaching in the school as well as working one on one with the students, both in a discipleship capacity and through grading their work.
The Biblical Studies department also has a program called Titus Project. This program takes graduates of the SBS, trains them to teach the Bible, and then takes them on outreach to various locations around the continent of Africa to do seminars for local pastors and Christians who have not had training in studying the Bible.
Right now a team from our department is running Titus Project in Tanzania. Almost all of the students who are being trained to go out and teach are Africans. They will be going to different African nations, many for the first time, to teach the Bible. It's been so great to hear updates and to pray for them as they are preparing to take three teams on outreach. Here's a little update from the team in Tanzania:
Titus Tanzania is going full steam ahead. We have 15 students from: Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, USA, and India. The students are hard at work preparing their teachings and in just a few weeks leave for remote parts of Tanzania, Mozambique, and Rwanda to teach until the end of February. This has been years in the making and finally happening!
So while we are thoroughly enjoying our time in Muizenberg with the SBS, we are also excited to see the vision of our department for taking Bible teaching into other parts of Africa, and we look forward to being a part of that vision. We know these teams would appreciate your prayers. God has already provided for them in amazing ways... both financially and through getting all the visas necessary for their travels (which is always a trick in Africa) but more prayer never hurts.
Here's a picture of the staff and students of Titus Tanzania:
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