.... ontmoet 'n span ....200 sakkies .....open hoërskool .....eland te kan ophang.......

Dank ons Vader saam met my vir:             

• Vrydag 10 Junie - Dina en ek ontmoet 'n span van Windhoek by grens wat klere en sakke meel en rys en macoroni bring.
• Saterdag meet ons 200 sakkies af.
• Span keer terug Whk toe.
• Ek gaan New Xanagas toe waar amper 300 kinders wag.
• Ouderling Boetiki het nou al die Woord bedien.   Ek saai nog 'n bietjie en gee elkeen 'n stukkie marie beskuitjie.
• Sondag oggend diens.  GLORY!!
• Gaan Tsootsha toe en help seun met seer been - gee hom EM en bid.
• Slaap onder boom by oulike kamp plek.
• Maandag oggend - open hoërskool met paar honderd kinders.   GLORY !!
• Maak hang plek agter in bakkie om eland te kan ophang en help Dina - Dankie Vader.
• Donderdag - help Dina om alles reg te kry vir Youth Day - haar kinders dans mos.
• Vertrek Gantsi toe om vleis en 6m paal vir kruis te gaan laai.
• Saterdag 07h00 gaan ons die vleis saag en in 200 een kilo pakkies verpak om saam met stysel en groente uit te deel.
• Saterdag aand dvd vir kinders by Xanagas

Dankie dat jy deel is van die span.     Dankie Vader vir gesondheid en U BLESSINGS vir my vriend wat hier lees.

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DESERT FLOWER RUN or WALK. New Xanagas . Botswana. Help to choose the date -end July 2016

Hi Runners and Walkers     -    A team from Bronkhorstspruit want to come and we are trying to set the date.   You can choose between weekend of 22 - 23 July or 29 - 30 July even 12 - 13 August 2016.   Please let me know ASAP which date will fit your program.

  You must arrive the Friday and there is a major change - those of you who will handle the GPS must prove that you can do it - Friday afternoon before we eat the potjie and please charge it or have spare batteries.   

Last year there were 3 GPS's the Friday evening - Saturday morning one was flat and the other one didn't work.    I gave mine to somebody who didn't know how to use it - he put it sometimes in his pocket and the destination's way point changed and we stopped 5 km from New Xanagas - lost - Praise God a few meter from a path  that I recognized.

I actually decided not to do it again - it's really dangerous - but it's like the Comrades - let's do it!   But PLEASE - know how to use your GPS.

      Those of you who ran it in the past - this is a entirely new experience - those thorn branches that scratched our legs, are now 2 meter high bushes - a real challenge - you will enjoy it!!
  
Please let me know if you are coming. 

You are very welcome.   REMEMBER YOUR PASSPORTS !!      Petrol is nearly R2 per litre cheaper in Botswana.
Let me know if you have any questions  -  email address xanagas@gmail.com Thanks !!

We have  cell phone reception in New Xanagas +267 736 967 37 and even internet.

The correct GPS reading for New Xanagas is : S 22.27471   E 020   39.291

WE HAVE AN UNLIMITED ENTRY !!    Run or Walk.

You take part in this race entirely on your own risk.   We wanted to cancel the run last year after some runners really suffered to reach the end.  Even a Bushman got lost because of a cloudy sky.

PLEASE!!  Make sure how to use your GPS.

 It will be just ± 20 km but some of the groups took 5 - 7 hours to complete it in the past - I don't speak about the Bushman ladies - they got lost in 2008 and walked from 09h00 to 17h00 !! 

It is NOT possible to search for you - just stay in your group with a GPS. A search party will start to follow your tracks the next day - I don't think you will survive the winter night with only your running gear !

Please arrive on Friday during the day since we will leave VERY EARLY for the starting line on the Saturday.   Driving time is ± two + hours it is about 40 km, we don't go straight to the start - the truck will be faster this year !!

If you don't have a GPS - come, we found that the groups run together, they form small "buses".  

It is very important that every bus leader - the man with the GPS in his hand - should PLEASE take responsibility for every runner in his group. It will even be better if there are 2 GPS's in a group.  The Kalahari is such that you can be lost in minutes. There are NO visual points of reference.  Only the sun.   Remember - if I don't say it again - watch your shade when you start your run!  You will be running in a North - East direction - the shade will be on your left side to begin with - it should move slowly behind you as you progress.  Actually this will not work because mid day the sun is directly above you !   DON'T GET LOST !!!

NB !  There is a lot of dry grass with seeds, you will be wise to protect your socks with something - plastic, canvas "kamaste", pieces of shade net works very good.

You must carry your own water, ± 3  litre will be enough, you will run longer than your ordinary 20 km, average 5 - 7 hours, since it is sandy and you won't be running in a straight line or pathway. You may encounter a patch of encroaching bush which will force you to make a detour!!

Remember the slowest runner in your group will determine your speed - we are actually running or walking for the joy!

A few Bushmen youth will also run with us, if you have some second-hand running shoes ± nr 6 - it will really be welcome.

We will camp at the finish line in New Xanagas and leave Sat morning early with the Glory Lorry, a 4x4 Bedford for the starting line.  The path to the START is open you can drive with your 4x4 if you wish.    The start is 20 km from New Xanagas. You set your GPS to - GO TO New Xanagas - and we run or walk.

There will be a potjie Friday afternoon and a potjie Saturday for lunch when we will hopefully arrive.

Some will want to leave the Saturday - but you are welcome to stay longer.   There is enough wood for a braai Saturday evening.  I will have boerewors.

At the Finish line you will receive a seed of the Devils claw plant as medal.

New Xanagas is 1100 km from Pta on the Trans Kalahari Highway, 60km from the Namibian border you will get Karakubis where you turn south on Grace rd to New Xanagas 38 km on a good gravel road. If you have a small vehicle just drive slowly and keep left avoiding the tracks!

You enter New Xanagas with Grace, at the T – junction with Love turn right at the GLORY!! sign, left at the next GLORY !! sign - you will find us at the end of the street.

You can phone or sms me on + 267 73 696 737 - email is better.

Please leave early enough to arrive the Friday during day time - the potjie will be ready.  If you are late the potjie will be finished - there are always many hungry children who enjoy any food.  Please don't bring sweets for the children - oranges or apples please.

DON"T forget your passport and they may ask your vehicle's papers.  At the border they will ask you who you are going to visit - on the form - just write Rev Joubert PO Box 41 Charles Hill and ask enough days to visit.  Four to five days should do the trick.

NB !!  Fill up at Kang.   Next petrol is at Tsootsha  - 310 km from Kang -  If you come from the Namibian side, there is fuel at Buitepos and at Charles Hill.

Remember it is VERY cold in the night, you don't need a tent, it will not rain??, good sleeping bag plus a blanket!!  Ground sheet NB!!

Please bring a torch - flash light - you don't want to step on a scorpion!

No official numbers necessary, run in a T shirt, days are warm.

There is one long drop and 2 short drop toilets.   No shower.     You was  - using a skottel or basin.

You are welcome to stay for the Sunday morning service to hear the beautiful singing of the Bushmen.  

Everything is FREE!!  You can give a donation if you wish and enjoyed it.  Phone me if you have any questions

Blessings.

Gawi.

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You are invited to attend Joining Hands Conference in Gaborone 25 - 27 May 2016

Contact xanagas@gmail.com today - I will send you more info - cost is200 Pula for food and camping and read the one A4 history of the

REFORMED CHURCH IN BOTSWANA.

Congregations:      D'Kar    hjmdpl@gmail.com,      Gantsi    sibekorw@yahoo.com

and     New Xanagas.   xanagas@gmail.com

 

1.        The background of the Church/Mission organization

o   Founded by the Gereformeerde Kerk and  the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Afrika.

o   It  was formed in the 19 Sixties.    In D'Kar,  Xanagas and Gantsi.

o   God gave the Gereformeerde Kerk in Aranos, Namibia a farm – D'Kar north of Gantsi.  The NGKA started with mission work at Xanagas.   Elders from Xanagas asked the Mission to help them to get their own farm, after 5 years of drilling – New Xanagas was allocated by the Land Board in 1983.  These 2 totally different churches joined in 1994 and formed the Reformed Church in Botswana.

o    Why, for what purpose?      Go…. teach ..…live…   I AM   with you.   Matt. 28 : 19  

 

2.       Target people/area.     Bushmen in Western Botswana – off-course the church is open to all people, members of the DRCB attend the church in Gantsi - but we focus on the Bushmen.

 

o   What has been the impact of the Mission - Economically?    Kuru Development Trust – with all its projects,  Bokamoso Preschools, The Cochineal Project.    D'Kar and New Xanagas – the farms - were formed by the church.   New Xanagas is a farm of 20 x 38 km – the challenge is to really develop it to the original vision.  We wait on God for abundance to start a project in Bots and Nam - using encroaching bush – to change poverty into Life.

o   Socially and spiritually?   Hagai 2 : 3 Does it not seem to you like nothing?  Be strong… and work… I AM with you.   Clutch in with Him - He will provide – Guide – give wisdom.

o   What is the plan for youth in the Missions?  Gantsi youth is reaching out to New Xanagas on Saturday 14 May.  New Xanagas plan to reach out to Chobokwane.    Xanagas church is situated ON the boarding school grounds with mainly Bushmen children.   God guided the Mission Commission very wisely to start the work here.    This morning – 8 May - there were again 200 plus children in the church.    Every Sunday and Wednesday there is a youth service.     God recently  replaced the previous BM with a man of God.

 

3.        How will the Mission be involved with evangelism & discipleship of the least reached people groups in Botswana?

We are using media like DAVAR and Audio Bibles and the Jesus film to reach cattle posts, etc.

 

4.        What is the biggest challenge to this Mission in Botswana?

Financial support and training of leaders.   To have a Kingdom Vision - to know God's Presence.

5.        What do you think will be the biggest challenge for the next generation?  For now and for ever  - the biggest challenge for anybody is to know that it's God's will that we must be –illumed - full of Light to be better aware of His Presence within and around us.  To have Vision.   To see Christ in every body.

 

6.        How has the mission changed in the last decade?

o   Those going into the mission field  Mainly short term actions.

o   The level of commitment   Good.

o   How are they supported.   Only God knows.   We will meet the right people at the right time.   We can do it – if we are joining our hands.  First seek the Kingdom of God and know – We are living in Him and moving in Him and He is in us and the children.     Acts 17:28

 

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Gawi sel:    + 267 713 698 57    of      + 267 736 967 37     of      0721 580 587 

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