The Scotts: Local Ad

Before starting our Sunday night Bible study, we started putting testimonies of people that attend one of the Calvary Chapels in Cape Town. This has been a most fruitful work. The article has our webpage that is linked with Calvary Chapel Cape Town, www.calvarychapel.co.za/tableview and my phone number. So far, in the two weeks that I have ran the ad in the paper, I have received one email and three phone calls! This is amazing fruit! They are all related to people that have drinking problems asking for prayer and counseling. I have included my own testimony that ran in the paper here. It reaches over 60,000 people in our area on a weekly basis. 

Please pray that the Lord would use this article (and the following weeks to come) to reach the many lost souls in our area of Cape Town. God sent us here for a purpose and we pray that we will be fruitful in fulfilling that calling.  

Grace and Peace, 

Bob, Suzanne and Bobby Scott

Cape Town, South Africa

www.bobandsu.blogspot.com

Jason & Jennifer

Wes' daughter Jennifer is getting married Sunday! We ask you to pray that each touch of love given during preparation will show her and her husband-to-be how much Jesus loves them, and how much we love them.

Pray that the ceremony will be the first day of their lives as one and a new beginning of their lives as Christ's.

Natasha: Women's Ministry Update

When the team from Russia arrived here in Kenya, their ministry also included a Bible study for the ladies in our church. Tatiana, my friend and sister in the Lord shared from John 15:1-8, It was such an encouragement to hear her heart and the things the Lord spoke through her were so challenging and the Holy Spirit touched many hearts…

 

The ladies from Calvary Chapel Vladimir also prepared a craft. It was a Bible verse in Swahili, that they put in a frame.  It was so cool to see how diligent that our ladies were in making this craft beautiful… J The women from Russia also sent little presents…You know, the Lord really touched my heart when I saw beautiful smiles on the faces of our ladies, they were like children receiving the love that Jesus poured out on them through their sisters from Russia.

 

~Natasha

Easthams: African Snacks

Ugandans have their own snack foods, and one of them is now our favorite.  Fried peas.  The brand we like has them dusted with chili powder.  Even Gabby loves them.

But Ugandans also have some other snack foods.  One of them is fried grasshoppers.  Just drive down any major street and you are bound to find vendors with plastic bins selling small envelopes of these green insects to motorists.

The grasshoppers are caught at night.  These flying insects are attracted to bright lights, and there are people waiting below the lights to capture them.  The grasshoppers are fried and sold on the street to passers-by and drivers stuck in traffic.  I've heard the tastier ones are cooked with diced onion.  The vendors will even give you a free sample so that you can be assured of their freshness.

A few days ago I was approached by a grasshopper vendor.  A colleague of mine made sure they were fresh, and bought a small tin of these formerly flying insects for about $2.

Fried grasshoppers taste a bit like french fries, but that description does not do the insects or their cooks justice.  They are definitely crunchy, but the aftertaste can be on the oily side.

Joseph, who typically consumes anything, declined my offer to eat the grasshoppers.  I expected Lily and Gabby to turn away from the food, but not Joseph.  My only taker was Benjamin.  He had a small second helping but indicated that he was not particularly fond of this snack food.

 

So, if you ever come to Kampala, I'll be happy to help you find a fried grasshopper vendor.  In fact, I'll probably share them with you.  The rest of my family, however, will probably prefer their fried peas.

John Eastham

New Missionary to Kampala, Uganda

 

 

 

 

A True Foundation

This past weekend, Core Christian Fellowship covered the bare floor in our newly renovated space with scriptures!  This will be their new home for Sunday morning and Wednesday night services.  We are so blessed to have them use this space for God’s purposes.