We are very grateful to the Lord that many of you responded positively to our plea regarding the signing of debit orders, the creation of recurring payments on your bank profile and regular EFTs. Especially when we bear in mind that we lost contact with more than half of our donors due to the postal system collapsing. It goes a long way in ensuring our missionaries are taken care of and that they have all the resources they need.

If you're still wondering about your donation, read our latest story - fresh from the port and see what a difference your donation makes!

Life at sea means a life of waiting, explains Mavin. You wait for the days to pass before you can go home. You wait for permission to enter a harbour. You wait for a permit to set foot on solid ground next to the ship for an hour or two. You wait to hold your daughter again after not seeing her for nine months. You wait for a call from your wife when you have a mobile signal for a moment or two while being anchored in a harbour. And sometimes, sometimes you wait for God too.

Not knowing that this is a pretext, Danie drives toward the enormous blue and white car ship. Through the windscreen he can see, clearly, all the signs that this ship is about to depart. The chances of getting permission from the Captain to board the ship so shortly before departure is like hoping to get a camel through the eye of a needle. At the last moment he decides to risk parking the car in the parking space and run up the steps to the deck of the ship. At the top, his concerns were confirmed. The man on duty at the access control point is just as sceptical and is just as surprised to hear the voice of the Captain from the Ukraine, crackling that Danie could pay a blitz visit. The radio crackles a second time, informing all aboard of the visit of a man of ‘the mission’.  

The message scarcely finished, before a man comes running. He introduces himself as ‘Mavin’. Life of a man working at sea is a life of waiting, he explains. With a big smile, looking as if he is about to hug Danie at any moment, Mavin continues, saying that he had been waiting for Danie’s visit. Mavin’s story is remarkable. Years ago he struggled through a huge crisis, but Mavin explains, the huge crisis is not the heart of the matter. What is important, is how God provided and helped him through the crisis. After that, he promised that he would remind his fellow crew members on each ship that God is true. On the ship that Danie visits, Mavin could start a Bible study group and they have seven members now. Mavin is the only one with a Bible and each Bible study group meeting is concluded with a prayer, ‘Please God, send Bibles to our ship. Amen’. Mavin’s request is simple - If Danie has, perhaps, just one more Bible for him... 

It becomes a race against time. The 90 minutes allowed has run up to 70 minutes. From his backpack Danie immediately provides two English and two Tagalog Bibles. Marvin has no words. Their prayers have been answered!  

But, Danie can do better. Sprinting he leaves the ship, runs to the car and returns to the office. In the office he replenishes his stock, locks the office, gets back in the car and starts the return opposite trip. With only seconds to spare, Danie runs up the steps to access control again. There he finds a Bible study group, seven-strong, waiting. From his backpack he can fill the empty hands with Bibles. Each receives an own Bible. The moment is holy. It is an answered prayer. It is an answer to the waiting...

They thank you with big, big smiles.  Donations received brings the Gospel to those that wait in prayer each day.

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