Currently there are 360 participants registered for the outreach. After the orientation they will be split up in teams that will be working with churches all over the Outeniqua area. There are 40+ churches lined-up that we will be working with.
God has really blessed us with the amount of interest in this outreach. Please continue to pray for His guidance and blessing
You might be wondering why this year's outreach is called the Outeniqua Challenge.
You didn't? Well I'm going to tell you anyway.
Down in the Southern Cape (the very south of South Africa) there is a beautiful mountain range called the Outeniqua mountains (pictured in the top of this blogsite). Hence the name! The main city around there is George (the same city where we will be holding our orientation meetings from 2-5 July) but the teams participating in this outreach will be spread out from Swellendam and Oudtshoorn in the west, up to Uniondale in the north, and as far east as Plettenberg Bay. To the south of course is the sea and Antarctica but we couldn't find any towns down there, so we won't be sending teams in that direction.
By the way we have a quote that we are using as the theme for the outreach.
William Carey - "Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God."
We are all expecting great things from God during the Outeniqua Challenge, and we hope that the participants will be willing to step out of their comfort zones and attempt great things for God!
Welcome to our blog site! We hope to keep you in the loop of all the activities running around the Outeniqua Challenge outreach. But first up introductions are in order. The Global Challenge team that runs, breathes, eats and sleeps (and sometimes organises) the outreach is ...
Middle: J.P Hall
Left: Pollyanna Hall (J.P.'s lovely wife)
Right: Bonny Davids (newest member)
These three are working from Pretoria in the OM South Africa offices.
Another key person for this year's outreach is Christo Crafford. He lives in Riversdale in the Southern Cape and is OM's Regional Representative for this area. He has had his hands full as he has been lining up churches with whom we will partner during the Outeniqua Challenge and doing the ground work. He has successfully lined up 45 churches/ministries who will host a team of 6 to 10 people for 9 days.
If you need to disturb these guys for any reason, you can do that by emailing them at challenge@rsa.om.org.
