Karibu: ASAB River Tour 2014

28 July 2014

ASAB River Tour 2014

Communion table in the Asab Riverbed

Taking members of our Household on tour to the ASAB River in Namibia, has been a desire of ours, since our very first experience with God at the spot, in May 2010. The tour group consisted of 9 adults and 2 children. We had decided that camping in tents was a good way to build relationships, so each day we stopped at a camp site, often after dark, and put up the tents. The comradery between the tour members was wonderful. We enjoyed wholesome camp-style meals prepared by Erik and Rene de Beer.

Our visit to ASAB was a highlight of the tour. Our dancers had prepared a wonderful dance item and we laid a feast table for the communion. The presence of God was tangible and He met with each one in a special way.

Dancers giving glory to the Lord

Another highlight of the tour took place 2 days later. We were camping on a farm in the Klein Karasburg area. Johan and Berdine have been close friends of ours for some years. Berdine had shared how the farm desperately needed rain. We went to various spots around the farm and onto the one district road that goes through the farm. There we prayed for rain and other things, as requested and lead by the Holy Spirit. We closed this prayer time off with the dancers doing to declaration march from the main gate to the farmyard. We returned to the farmhouse at about 15h15. That evening at 18h00, it began to rain. For myself, it was the voice of God saying, “I have heard your prayers”.

Tour Team at the Fish River Canyon

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ABOUT US

Johan was born in Bellville, Cape Town and spent most of his childhood in Pretoria, where he matriculated in 1968. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour in 1971 and was baptized in the Holy Spirit. It was here also that the Lord placed a calling on his life, which took him to the Apostolic Faith Mission’s Theological College.

Alta had accepted the Lord as Saviour at the tender age of 8 years old. From an early age, began to experience the Lord’s guidance in her life and she developed a love for prayer, especially praying directly from the Bible.

They were married in June 1975 and were blessed with three wonderful children, Jean-Pierre, Tanya and DeWett. Jean-Pierre is married to Genevieve. After a long battle with ill-health, Tanya went to be with the Lord in November 2006. The Lord’s faithfulness throughout her ordeal has increased Johan and Altas’ zeal to serve Him.

MINISTRY

Since completing Theological College, Johan have pastored various churches throughout South Africa. They were also involved in Christian education and Johan was Administrator of Psalmody Christian School from 2001 to 2003.

Johan met Tom Ingles of Psalmody International, in 1984 and began presenting this praise and worship course in various places. Teaching praise and worship as a lifestyle became the foundation on which their ministry was based. As a result, Johan and Alta foundered Praise Vision Africa, an organisation whose vision is to present praise and worship seminars to pastors and church leaders, throughout Africa.

In 1993, Karel Saunders invited Johan to minister on this subject in Zambia, Malawi and the DRC. Thus began their association with AFMIN. In 2006, the Lord clearly directed Johan to resign his associate-pastor position in the church in Cape Town, so as to concentrate fully on the ministry throughout Africa. Today Johan and Alta head the Tanzanian, Kenyan, Ugandan and Namibian projects on behalf of AFMIN.

Besides their work with Afmin, Johan and Alta lead a “household” ministry consisting of a group of spiritual sons whom they are fathering and raising through Biblical teaching and practical ministry, so as to prepare them to later father spiritual sons of their own. They also visit fellowships and other households within South Africa and Namibia, where they minister on subjects such as the Kingdom of God, Father/Son relationships, and the Orphan Spirit.