September 2012

September 2012

Dear friends and family,

Time is flying by as we are looking back and realizing that is has been one year ago since we started with our commitment here in South Africa. The season is changing as we started officially with spring and had already a couple of wonderful sunny days, a good promise of the days ahead of us. It is wonderful to think of all the amazing things that God has done over the last year as we have seen Him being faithful in our lives and that of the people we work with. And we can truly say that we recognize that all of this would have been impossible without His grace and your prayers and support.  

Capricorn                                                                                                    God has been working in wonderful ways in peoples life's over the past few months in the township. We have been faithful with the ones God has given us and continued only with the Bible studies during these winter months. In the last newsletter we shared about our two ladies Bible studies but we have another Bible study running in a computer shop that is growing out of the building already. It is so awesome to see how God works through divine appointments. One of them was with Samuel, a guy living in Capricorn that Kevin met as one of the first persons in this township and has now done a DTS (Discipleship Training School), has been to China and is fulltime in missions working with our team. Another person is Krishna, he is from a township next to Capricorn but has family living in Capricorn. During one of our Friday outreaches where we would set up a tent and pray for the sick, Krishna came up to Kevin and as they started talking Krishna found out that we were connected with YWAM.  At that moment he was actually on his way to walk around and find the YWAM base because he had been in contact with people that were doing an outreach in Capricorn that told him about our discipling school. Right now Krishna has also done a DTS, has been to Thailand and is now doing a 9 months program studying the Bible here in Muizenberg. Through him we get connected with his family in Capricorn, his uncle has a computer shop where people can come and use internet, fax, printer etc. His uncle Melli and his wife were hungry for the Word of God and invited Kevin in to come and hold Bible studies with them. That is exactly what has been going on for the last couple of months. Every Friday at 11 o’clock they close the computer shop to have Bible studies and anyone that is still in there has to just join in. This is where life's get changed! People walk in to fax a paper and walk out as a born again believer in our Lord Jesus Christ! We have seen amazing many life's being changed and decisions being made for Christ as almost every week we would do an alter call and share the good news and every time people have responded. Right now this study has grown so much that the computer shop is too small to meet with everyone. We are looking around to see if there is a bigger facility where we can meet next year. Glory to God as He is in the business of changing people’s lives for the good!!
Lifeskills
In July we started a 5 months program called lifeskills where we meet up with ladies that are hungry for more of God and where we can follow up with people. We meet every Thursday and have a teaching and time of worship in the morning where our focus is on our identity in Him. After that we have lunch together and this will go into a time of developing a skill with making something out of garbage and being able to sell this. These ladies are all from Capricorn and some of them are part of the Bible Studies on Fridays as well. It has been amazing to see some of them grow and develop into the people God has created them to be and realizing His amazing love for each one of them.

Travel
We are very excited for this coming time as we are traveling together after being for a whole year on the ground here in South Africa. The purpose of this trip will be connecting with family, friends and supporters as well as ministry opportunities. We will be speaking and ministering on four different conferences in the United States and several Sunday services both in Holland and the States. We are going to combine this with traveling via The Netherlands. We will also be teaching on a discipleship training school from the 1-5 of October and starting our travel on the evening of the 5th. We are looking very much forward to connect with everyone again and specially to see our family as this has been the longest that we have been apart. The first week of our trip in the United States we will fly out to Seattle as we have been invited to come and speak on a youth conference “Generation Taking Stand”. The rest of the time of our visit in the US we will spend in the State Ohio. All further information about speaking engagements will be posted on our website www.flamesofpasssion.com
 
Thank you so much for all of you that are standing with us in prayer and support, we could not do this work without you and are thanking God for you and praying for His continues favor and blessings upon your lives!

May the Lord bless you and keep you and shine His face upon you and be gracious to you,

Blessings,
Kevin and Mariƫlla Kazemi

www.kevinmariella.blogspot.com

kevinmariella@hotmail.com