T hroughout June, July and August, the JAM team attended several outreaches with partnering churches such as Stellen- berg and Westside Family Church in Ameri- ca. Some of the outreach locations included Muhvusa, Prince Albert, Calitzdorp, Bam- bisana in Transkei, Port Elizabeth, Seaview and Alexandria. For the outreach to Muhvusa, the focus was childrens ministry on the wordless book, which tells a story of a young boy in a village receiving a book from a missionary that uses colors to tell the gospel story. The kids in each of these areas learned the gos- pel and how to share it through their own wordless books. On the outreach to Prince Albert, the team, partnering with Stellenburg, was able to dive deep with the adults every evening on faith, through love, becomes action. We had bible studies, worship and small group discussions with the youth and adults. In the mornings, we also did the same kids ministry program that was happening in Muhvusa. During the Calitzdorp outreach, the JAM team partnered with Stellenburg, and two of the communities we work in to form an outreach team that not only did kids minis- try, but also house visits and adult services. We were able to reach out to a new com- munity, Zoar, who had never been visited by JAM or Stellenburg yet. The outreach team were mostly students who had never been on outreach before, but had been commu- nities that JAM had done outreach in. It was amazing to see them step up as leaders and reach out on their own. In Bambisana, the focus was on teaching women health education on AIDS. It was an amazing and eye opening experience into the realities of women in the Transkei. On our last outreach, a three week out- reach with an American team from West- side Family Church, we did a program called MADDS which provided a program for kids to develop their natural skills in music, art, drama, dance and sport. For a lot of these kids, they had never experienced a program JAM SUMMER' 0VERVIEW like that and they had a lot of fun learning more about their skills and how they can ap- ply them to leadership and the gospel story. We also got to be a support to those living and working at each of the various bases, either doing yard work, planting food, or cleaning up their bases. During our last outreach to Transkei, the Calitzdorp SKYPE team also joined us. Here are a few of the testimonies God did in or through them and the JAM team on that outreach. BAMBISANA 0UTREACH MAHVUSA 0UTREACH CALITZD0RP 0UTREACH During this outreach, God took opened doors to reach out to communities like Zoar where we have not gone before. We also saw how God has grown communities weve worked in for a few years by seeing them step up as lead- ers on our outreach team. Laura, assistant Jam staff The Muhvusa outreach made me realize that we are all equally im- portant to God and He has assigned all of us the important job of repre- senting Him in this world. Suzile, Jam year student Our focus on this trip was 1 Corinthi- ans 13 on love, being love and shar- ing love to the people in Transkei. We had an awesome time staying in the villages, working in the community with the people and loving the chil- dren. The second part of the trip we worked alongside Lifeline doing AIDs awareness in the communities. Tessa, JAM staff J0IN US IN PRAYER For Git and Mignons transition from the Bambisana base to the Cape Town base. For our partners in Transkei and the JAM team there, that God would continue to strengthen them and that His gospel would continue to impact and transform young lives in the area. The JAM fundraiser on Sept 20 would be a blessing and a cele- bration and God would bring the necessary partners alongside JAM in support. Jabulani Africa Ministries is now a registered non-prot. Donations Receipt to Validate TAX DEDUCTIBILITY of Donation: Issued in terms of section 18A of the Income Tax Act of 1962, as amended. The donation received will be used exclusively for the objects of Jabulani African Ministries in carrying out public benet. PRINCE ALBERT 0UTREACH The Prince Albert Outreach was a manifes- tation of how powerful the Holy Spirit is. He lead us in our words, actions and love. Our God is purely uncontainable. Lauren, JAM year summer intern REFLECTI0NS My rst experience that was meaning- ful to me was during one of the evenings when I got the chance to play soccer with the kids. We couldnt understand each oth- er but we both knew how to kick a ball. After we were shooting penalties for a while, across the eld I heard a kid crying hysterically. I saw a kid standing all alone with his head dropped. I immediately ran over to see what the problem was only to nd out someone or something had given him a horrible bloody nose. He didnt know what to do so I started to help him, calm- ing him down. The other kids rushed to his aid as well and we all took care of him until the bleeding stopped. After a while we went back at it playing soccer. We laughed and enjoyed the rest of the time we had. He had completely forgotten about his bloody nose and had gained some friends through the process. I also had an experience when I went on a house visit. The mama living there was taking care of one of her grand kids who was mentally handicapped. He was a great boy but he denitely is a handful to take care of. He is always running around and messing himself every hour and always needs something to do. She doesnt have time to do anything else. You would think she would be sad or unhappy but she loved this boy with all her heart and took care of his every need. She lovingly sacrices every- thing to take care of him. Each of these experiences taught me how much God truly loves us an showed me all the things he will do for us. He is always coming to our rescue and is always taking care of us in ways that we could not do ourselves. About myself, I learned that I need to love all people in the same way. I need to be willing to make sacrices for people if it helps them and I need to be willing to help people when no one else will. To be honest, Im still in the process of learning how to apply these things into my daily life. The only answer I can think of is to continue to seek God more so that His love can shine through me. That I will be so consumed by Him that naturally I will love people as He does. I experienced how to come out of my comfort zone and how to serve God with different languages and different cultures. Ive also experienced that you dont have to know people to love them, you can love people even if you dont know them. What Ive learned from my experience about God is that the day when he was dead for our sins on the cross and he died for every culture and every language on the cross. He doesnt choose whose sins to die for, it was for everyone. What I learned about myself is to be fore focused on the word of God and to not believe in myself over the word of God. I will be more opened for the word of God and speak whatever God has laid on my heart. LINA MICHAEL BARKER - JAM YEAR STUDENT One Sunday, the team drove about two hours out from Bambisana for a church ser- vice where Git was planning on preaching. I had never been to a Xhosa church before, so that alone was an incredibly fascinat- ing experience. After greeting everyone, the team piled into the corner of the room designated for us to sit. Worship began instantly with a mama jamming on a bell, ground shaking claps and stomps, and a sea of angelic voices. I remember getting chills as I looked out the window at the tall grass blowing in the wind with the songs of praise parading around me thinking this is what Heaven will be like one day. As the hours slowly passed and the sun became more piercing through the church walls, I began to feel unbearably sick. Suddenly I was in this battle between choosing to love well and my own health. I knew it was an important day for us to be there, Git was preaching, and the church was very wel- coming and excited to have us visiting that day. I couldnt risk jeopardizing the relation- ship my leaders had built up to this moment in the Xhosa community, and I dont even know if it would have, but in that moment I knew I would just have to power through it and maintain a loving disposition. At the end of the service, young women brought out full plates of food to each of the people in the church, including us. I was thankful for my team in that moment because we were able to work through the large meal together and express our appreciation for the churchs welcoming attitude toward us as a group. It was denitely a difcult and stretching moment for me, but that day I learned that love is not always easy, it of- ten can come with great sacrice to your- self, and it might even put you in hard sit- uations, but ultimately God is faithful, he knows your heart, and he will bless your sacrice. The church service taught me a lot about Gods love for us. We look at Jesus as he was crying out before his Father in the garden of Gethsemane, begging for the cup to be taken from him. Its obvious that Jesus was looking ahead to a huge sacrice, it most certainly wasnt going to be easy, but he chose to be broken, beaten and brutally murdered on a cross for our own sake. God faithfully blessed that sacrice, Jesus rose again three days later and all of humanity was given a key to break all their chains. Gods heart is his people, and he wants our lives to also reect that type of love for his people. In the church service, I also learned that I denitely have lots of room to grow. It was really easy for me to let love slip away from my reach, but in that moment I learned how to hold myself accountable and stay in tune with the Spirit, even when the situa- tion seems unbearable. I also learned that I am very used to living comfortably, I had never encountered discomfort quite to that degree in my home church or really in any environment. I knew after this experience that I have a lot of humbling to do. Sacricial love is unheard of in the Silicon Valley (where I live). I think reecting Gods love through my actions will denitely tes- tify to Gods heart for his people. Instead of choosing to be selsh or put my own needs or desires before others, I can choose to see people in my community for who God has made them, and love them well, even when its hard. KILEY ST0KES - JAM SUMMER INTERN To teach a friend how to speak Afrikaans was a meaningful experience for me be- cause sometimes its hard to interact with people if there are barriers such as language and with the help of the Lord, Ive got the chance to help a friend to break through such a barrier. It also made me realize that commitment, patience, kindness and all the other things that go along with Love was needed to overcome barriers. I also experienced how powerful sharing a testimony and talent is. By these two experiences Ive learned that God puts in so much effort to help us to overcome the barriers between Him and me and He has equipped us to go and share our testimonies and talents. I also learned that He wont send us places where His Holy Spirit hasnt been before us. About myself Ive learned that Im real- ly blessed to have Jesus as my Savior and I should not hesitate to share what He has given me. I will go back home knowing that as a godly man it is necessary to be obedient to the Holy Spirit and that God doesnt always do big things buxt the whisper of His voice can also be in smaller things. SALLIE