AS THE MINISTRY EXPANDS
Clinton and Lydia are currently running four home church groups a week and praying for God’s provision for meals for those groups. So far lunch is always served to those attending. As more workers come in, more home groups will be able to begin.
There are now four different teen discipleship groups that meet weekly, with more youths waiting for volunteers and venues to hold more groups. The youth are hungry for God, His love, and change in their communities. The vision of these groups is to not only teach them the word of God, but also provide mentorship and to walk with these youth in their everyday lives.
A young adult Bible Study was started Wednesday nights by YWAMer Jason Sutliff, a School of Biblical Studies student at the base in Muizenberg. This is mostly for non-believers who want to know more about following God and also to encourage those who are already Christ-followers.
Capricorn residents Linda and Doudenai have volunteered a piece of property for the ministry, so every Monday night there is a prayer vigil on their property as we wait for funds and a vision to use the land. Anyone is welcome to come and pray for the community on actual community grounds, as we know there is power in prayer to push back the enemy from inside.
Several YWAMer’s have started a photography club for kids on Saturday mornings. They have supplied the kids with cameras through donors and are teaching them the basics of photography. About ten of Capricorn’s kids look forward to this class every week.
Several weekends as there are funds and volunteers, field-trips are run for the youth such as trips to the beach, “The Castle” in Cape Town, or to the homes of the mission workers for meals and a movie.
Clinton is planning to run a two-week kids summer camp for the youth in December. He plans to take about 30 youth to Plettenberg Bay where they will experience life outside of Capricorn and also get the chance to minister to others. There will be many fun activities planned, as staffed by volunteers. The kids will have the chance to share their spiritual gifts of music, spiritual dance, prayer and evangelism with the local community.
Clinton and Lydia’s desire is to serve the community of Capricorn as a pastoral couple, and are already available and using their time to serve families where needed. This involves counseling in crisis situations, home visits, going with families to assist in taking care of legal business, providing food when possible, etc.

FUTURE VISIONS
Rene and Joseph Horevay will return to continue the work in January, and their vision is for church plant. As Joseph asked the Lord to plant 100 home bible studies/simple churches, he sensed the Lord say “105,” and that is now his vision. If 105 of these groups are planted each with and adult attendance of ten, that amounts to 5% of Capricorn’s population or 1,050 adults. When one adds to that the sphere of influence each adult has including children and grandchildren the level of influence grows to 10-15% or a total of 2,000-3,000 persons.
Clinton and Lydia have a vision of total community transformation, to see those in South Africa who are serving the Lord rise up to help meet the needs here in their own backyard. Their hearts are especially toward the youth but also to see wholeness brought to families through the transformation of Jesus Christ. They are open to bringing in volunteers from all denominations and missions organizations. They want to see the church unified and working together to fight back the enemy who has stolen so much ground in Capricorn. They would like to start a youth center there and are currently looking and praying for a building in Capricorn. The youth would come there for Christ-centered way out of the streets, to be tutored, mentored, disci-pled and just to have fun. They would like to see many more church locals involved in the ministry. They have a vision for a scholarship fund for the faithful kids, more camps and a non-denominational church, among many other things.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Clinton and Lydia are currently seeking financial support to be able to continue this ministry. Many more long term workers and recruiters are needed. There is a current need for funding and staff for the kid’s summer camp. There is also a current need for more volunteers to disciple young women and venues for them to meet in. There is always a need of food among many other things for the people of Capricorn. As more volunteers and funds come in, of course much more can be done. There is a need for networking to get the word out about what is being done in Capricorn. Anyone interested or think your church or other may be interested, please contact us!

World's most beautiful preschool, in South Africa known as the "cresh," is located in Lubonzi.  From the hillside that it sits on, you can see schools of dolphins swimming in the bay.  I spent four days here, working with the beautiful kids and introducing them to some new learning tools that we had brought.  The kids were ecstatic to receive jump ropes, puzzles, colored pencils and best of all, legos!  We also brought supplies to build a new swingset which was put together with some help from community men.  Here we also got to meet and talk with moms from the community and work alongside the regular preschool teacher.   

Good News Kid's Club... after school kids gather in a rondavo in front of the church in Zitelele.  Instead of running around town with not much to do, the kids are taught Bible stories, songs and games.  Ncediswa Sanda has been teaching kids for many years, and has impacted hundreds of them through Good News Clubs.  She also distributes clothing and gives counseling to the kids that need it.  If anyone would like to support her ministry, they can write to her at:

Ncediswa Sanda

PO Box 550

Mthatha 5099 

Eastern Cape

South Africa

Nondzukiso is a tourism student at Lubonzi School.  With her classmates, she gave us a tour of the village one morning soon after we arrived.  Nondzukiso speaks very good english and dreams of travelling to Cape Town to study at the University.  The teacher of the tourism class, Pumla, would love to have her students give any visitors a tour of the town.  That way they can help local industry and also gain experience in their field of study.  

Yoliswa is a nearby neighbor in Lubonzi.  She lives with her extended family and her three children.  Yoliswa speaks amazing english and helps translate for our host family.  She is also around to witness us trying to learn to carry water on our heads, quite entertaining for the skilled villiage women!  We quickly found a friend in her and her family.

Conelia... a shy, quiet girl who plays by herself and doesn't seem to belong to anyone.  After some coaxing she decided to climb into my lap and also accepted an egg salad sandwich which was eaten very quickly.  I never saw any adults with her, but on the first day of school she appeared with clean clothes.  She rarely talked to us and only in a small whisper but she couldn't hide her shy smile.