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After A Year...

Joel Simkus — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:57:17 UT

-Bungeni-
Various thoughts and pictures from the Simkus family’s first year in South Africa: Our family, our church, our ministries, and our tiny farm…

One Day At A Time

Joel Simkus — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:36:53 UT

August 2010
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our family has now been living in the village of Bungeni for just over a year. So, what has taken place in a year? There seem to be two answers to this question, depending on how we look at it. In many ways, a whole lot has happened. In other ways, it seems like not very much has taken place. Picture a fast-flowing mountain river in the spring, swollen and overflowing its banks as waters from the melting snow caps race downward toward the valley. Now, picture yourself, trying to walk up this river…

A Cup of Cold Water

Joel Simkus — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:57:26 UT

Simkus Update | May 2010
In April, our sending pastor, Todd Abbey, as well as another friend from our home church, Shane Brown, visited us here in South Africa. To say that we were excited to have visitors from our sending church would be a tremendous understatement…

A View of Village Culture

Joel Simkus — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:49:13 UT

Care Group Inauguration
Various pictures from the inauguration ceremony of a new Care Group in the village of Bungeni—a view of traditional Tsonga culture.

In His Time

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:54:28 UT

February ‘10
Often, in the middle of waiting for something, our Father’s timing may seem a bit off. But in retrospect, we are always reminded that His timing is perfect.

Teach Me Thy Way

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:32:56 UT

January ‘10
As we look forward to this new year of 2010, our hearts are filled with thoughts of rest, thankfulness, and consecration.

2010

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:50:59 UT

Memoirs Of An Ordinary Pastor

Joel Simkus — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:55:43 UT

D.A. Carson
A most refreshing, encouraging, and challenging book! By man’s standards, this is a book that should never have been written…

"Slowly By Slowly"

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:22:12 UT

November ‘09
We have now spent over one-quarter of a year living in the village of Bungeni. Much has transpired in this time. Through it all, our God has been faithful…

"Snapshots" of Language Learning

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:50:23 UT

October 2009 | I want to share a few “snapshots” from our life in the last few days. I hope that they will give a little glimpse into some of the details that make up the collage of our life in Bungeni.

PNG: Send the Light!

John Allen — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:58:31 UT

“We need someone to come and teach us God’s word, because we are dying without it!” —Actual message sent to John and Selina Allen, missionaries in Papua New Guinea.

Settling In

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:04:20 UT

Life has definitely been interesting for the Simkus family as we have begun to get settled into our new life in South Africa. Progress in the language has been slow but steady…

On The Ground

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:39:00 UT

August 26, 2009 | As I thought about writing our first update from Bungeni, I thought that many of you probably have similar questions in your minds concerning our family.

"He Went Out, Not Knowing..."

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:35:59 UT

August 3, 2009 | Lord willing, we depart for South Africa tomorrow—August 4, 2009!

Lords of the Earth

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:02:50 UT

Missions | An amazing story of the lives of several faithful missionaries as they sought to reach the Yali tribe with the gospel of Jesus Christ in the remote mountainous jungles of Irian Jaya.