The Great Commission.
Coming out of 40 days of training in Jeffrey’s Bay, my heart is overflowing with excitement for the year as we get sent out and commissioned to finally go. Come on !
We’ve had wonderful teachers from all around the world to come and speak to us about God’s grace, living to love with Jesus, growing in the prophetic and being sensitive to the Holy Spirit.
We even had a week of hard labour, building a bridge and pathway for a high school in Jeffrey’s Bay. The weather was crazy, but it was so much fun !
During training I mostly enjoyed being able to be my creative self for a change. Holy Spirit has really been present in teaching me to let go and just be.
I started painting for the first time, dancing wildly in worship and writing new songs.
I have never felt more free and alive than now.
Standing at the starting point of this traveling year, I could not have felt more equipped and ready for this journey, which is such a blessing.
So on our 40th day of training we got sent out by the most amazing community of Jesus-lovers in J-Bay and we embarked on our first mission in Johannesburg and Potch.
My team, Hidden Paths (aka Hidden Laughs 😉), had 3 awesome days of ministry in Potchefstroom where we could worship with other missionaries from America, encourage young girls at a home Bible study group and also help around with some renovations in my pastor’s new home.
Thanks again for having us Potchefstroom. Revival is here !
We had to “blikskud” a bit in Joburg to attend a 3-day Kingdom Come Conference with pastor Bill Johnson from Bethel church in America, and some great worship artists and speakers.
We had family and friends also donating to our fundraising expedition and in the end it was possible for our team to attend the conference. Once again thank you to all who donated, you are awesome !
Yeah man, Kingdom Come was such an experience. I mostly cried the whole time because of how awesome, amazing, wonderful and powerful Jesus is. I experienced so many new things about Him and I realised that there is always More to discover.
On a very personal note.. Going into this year I was so confronted with the fact that I might die. And I had to ask myself “Is Jesus worthy of my all?”
The answer is always yes if you take your own comfort and selfish ambitions out of the equation. He is worthy of it all, even unto death. But, the thought was still so very real and scary to me. I know that I know that I know that Jesus has called me to this journey, in this year 2020. And that it will be the beginning of so much more to come, but somehow I felt paralyzed by the fear of dying.
So, I shared this with my group when we were in Potchefstroom and I (once again) quickly realised that the enemy only wants to steal, kill and destroy. And he was stealing from me and everything that God has called me to be. My team prayed for me right there and commanded fear to be pulled out of me by its deepest roots in Jesus’ name. In that very moment Holy Spirit touched me so powerfully that a deep cry came out of me and I began to laugh to a point where I could not support my own body weight anymore. So I then just laid on Lené who was next to me at the time (thanks Lené 😉) and then she also got touched by the Holy Spirit and we both burst out in laughter together ! It was the most freeing moment and the whole team surrounded me and we all just laughed as Holy Spirit emptied out all of our fears.
I could feel the fear physically leaving my body and immediately after that I just sat and praised Jesus until about 1:30 in the morning. There was just such an openness after that with my relationship with the Father and it is glorious.
So I will live fully for Him, even unto death, and then continue into eternity.
It has been so amazing to be so surrounded and encouraged by family and friends in prayer. We as a team can really feel the affect of your prayers back home and I feel so covered with Jesus’ protection and love over us.
We will be more than okay and I rejoice in that !
Jesus will change our lives and the people around us’s lives forever.
It is all for His glory.Let the adventure begin ✈️
All my love Xx Jana