don't just teach them, give them a teacher

Project 72 is all about making disciples and having them join the Harvest and that can be played out in a lot of ways, but just recently a very pure and simple form has been manifested. Cape Town, South Africa is a wild place with a fantastic amount of diversity. Today I was on my way to a mall that has Gucci in it and I happened to pass a shanty town that spread over a couple square miles. The diversity stretches also into race and ethnic background, as I could go to a concert hall with several hundred whites and then ride the train home with only blacks. It's in this setting that I have been introduced to the needs of the street kids. These little guys are living in the shadows of the tourists and they've got it tough. In Muizenberg, a coastal part of Cape Town, there is a ministry that reaches out to the kids. Sonlife is a branch of Christian Surfers International and their aim is to take kids off the street and teach them to surf while showing them the truth of Jesus. It's a great idea and there are volunteers from all over the world coming to help out.

One such helper is Jean Marie. He's from Rwanda and is positioned to be helping with the ministry for a long time to come. So here I am, only going to be in town for a couple weeks, and I'm faced with some options. Yes, I could teach the street kids to surf and minister to them. That would be a great service, but imagine how much more beneficial it would be to the kids if I would give them a qualified leader? And so I begin to pour into Jean Marie. He needs to learn how to surf, he needs to see what it is working in a team, he's got a way to come when it comes to street evangelism. But in just a few short weeks he can become so much more equipped for the trails that lay ahead.

Let's get another one to join the harvest