Above shows our graduation this month in Pretoria. Students at the back with lecturers in the front. Bongani, Dimpo, Tebogo and Lazarus. It was wonderful. We filled the building up with students and visitors. The ladies made food and it was so encouraging. To our GCM team in Pretoria. You are touching lives and are growing which is so exciting. Every year is getting better...amen
Above shows the GCM team giving me a leadership award. That was very special of them. We are truelly a family and it makes me feel so good to know that whatever happens one day we have men ready to continue after me. After the graduation Dimpo and Lazarus drove with me to our Nelspruit office and worshiped there on the Sunday. It was fantastic. They fed us and we left for Venda where we slept at O'brian Malindi's house. On the Monday we met with the elders and looked at the progress of the Bible School being built. It is almost completed. We are hoping on having our first semester of students in July. We then visited the GCM office in Thohoyandou.
Then it was back home. Remember there was no Church in Plett. We now have a Church building and wonderful Church family. We then had our year-end fellowship meal.
After Church the youth entertained us and the little ones got gifts for attendance.
The ladies did all the cooking and were thanked for their hard work.
The men sat down and enjoyed the fellowship meal together. Many of these brethren are from Malawi who work in South Africa. There are 5000 Churches of Christ in Malawi.
I appreciate the brethren and love eating at the different congregations and homes as I travel many miles every year. As they say meet, eat and greet.
Above shows the little ones sitting on the grass eating their food. They are so special.
Above shows me having a special time with some of the little ones. They were showing me their gifts. Some got little baby dolls. It was a special day. There were year end fellowships at many of the other congregations we have started. Just cannot be at all the places at once. All offices are closed until the 12th of January. Then repairs will be done and into Africa we go. Can we reach more in 2009. Brother Charlie Worrell will be arriving from the USA to help us repair the Chariots. He has worked on big trucks all his life. The whole idea is to give the trucks some tender loving care before they hit the road again.....Thank you Charlie and Fredericksburg.
Above shows how full we can get the tents at times. Please pray for us as we look to 2009. Everything we do at our offices, schools and Chariot travels are free of charge. All we are striving for is to make this world a better place and bring hope into the lives of others. There is a God and there is eternal live. God molds people's lives. We are the go between. There are jewels out there. We see it every year. Pray that God continues to use us in this way.FAMILY NEWS
Above shows our new grand baby. Here name is Payton Funk. Vicki gave birth to her on the 22nd of December. Ria and I are very blessed to have 3 grandchildren now. Thank you Lord.
Above shows Chanelle Funk. Wayne and Nicole's little baby girl. Look at my face. I am a happy chappy when with my little grandchildren. Then below we have our oldest grand baby. Her name is Jemmica Funk. That is also Quinton and Vicki's little one. She was the baby and now she is the big girl in the family. I am so grateful that I became a child of God. I don't think I would have appreciated life and my family the way I do had I not become a believer. To all of you in the USA who sent missionaries into Africa. Thank you very much. I am a Christian because of you. Now I pray that we turn around and do the sending. Love to all and have a happy new year........In Him. George Funk
