A change of plans, 40 000 guys camping, and religious leaders take a stand in SA!

This weekend I was to fly with the Transformation Africa / Global day of prayer team to Kenya. However, as many would know there are still a few unsettled political matters in that region so we have decided to postpone that trip until we return from Israel in May.

Other news is that we shall be at the Mighty Men of God conference this weekend (organised by Angus Buchan - author of the book 'Faith Like potatoes'. Amazingly there are already 40 000 men signed up to come along for the weekend, camping in tents on Angus' farm! We shall be coming together to learn, grow, and deepen our faith. Can you imagine? 40 000 people traveling to Greytown in KZN to be together for a "men's" Christian weekend!? That is so encouraging! I am certain that it is going to be an experience of a lifetime! It will be an experience for a number of reasons:

1. It is going to be great to be with so many guys who are wanting to learn what it means to be a faithful son, husband, father, as a Christian.
2. It is going to be quite interesting to be camping on crutches!
3. We shall be flying in to PMB in the private jet (a first for me since entering my new post). It seast 8 persons and we'll be flying from a hangar just outside of Cape Town international airport.

I hope to post some pics, reflections, and insights! So, watch this space

Next week I shall be spending two days back in Gauteng at the NIRSA (National Innitiative for the Reformation of South Africa) conference. This conference is an innitiative of a number of prominent Southern African Christian leaders (Moss Nhla, Michael Cassidy, our own Vido Nyobole, and a host of others). They have invited 500 Christian leaders from both the pulpit ministry and marketplace ministries to gather for prayer and conversation about the current state of Southern Africa.

It is wonderful to see the Church taking a collective stand on issues such as HIV AIDS, crime, morality, good governance, and the economy.

If there is cell signal on Mr Buchan's farm I shall naturally post a few pictures and some blog posts from the Mighty men of God conference this weekend.