South Africa Base News

"I take it that you're familiar with the part I was given in God's plan." - Ephesians 3:2 (The Message)

Greetings from Kommetjie!

Paul understood his calling and that God had appointed him to play a very special part in His overall plan to bring salvation to men and women everywhere. The sun has set on 2011 and we encourage you to stop and prayerfully reflect on the part you were called to by God during 2011. Did you hold back or miss your way regarding the Great Commission? Or are you satisfied that you understood your part clearly, as Paul did, and were faithful in fulfilling it?

As the sun rises on us this 2012, we would like to reflect on a statement made at a world mission congress in 1989: "The whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world." We at CCSM are committed to playing our part and we are excited that this year we celebrate 25 years of serving the Church in China. As each one of you at some time or another has requested to receive this monthly China Prayer Update, we invite you to celebrate with us by joining our new ‘Come and See' short-term team. This team is exactly what it says - ‘come and see' what we do in China. Rather than just be involved in one aspect of our work, we are offering you the amazing chance to experience for yourself many areas of the ministry we are involved in. We urge you to prayerfully consider joining this team. What about getting a group together from your home church to experience this team together? We are more than willing to accommodate you!

Another vital area of the ministry of CCSM is to assist, come alongside and pray for those who feel a full-time call to China. Right now we have a family of six - father, mother and four children - from Kalk Bay, Cape Town (we'll call them the ‘Gs') sensing this call. Their call was confirmed after taking part in one of our short-term teams in August 2011. Since then God has been confirming to them in many ways regarding the call. If you feel you would like to get involved with their calling by supporting them in whatever way you feel led, please contact us. We are also currently blessed to have ‘Darius' from Cape Town and also a family, the ‘Hs', from the Eastern Cape serving full-time in China, both flying the flag high for South Africa. We are sincerely trusting the Lord to call more South Africans to serve Him in China on a full-time basis.

We all have some part to play in sharing of the grace of God in Christ Jesus. Some play seemingly more major parts and some play supporting parts - but whatever the part, we value one as much as the other. If you are still not sure about where you fit into God's heart and plan for China, as you continue to seek the Lord, we will be praying for clarity for you.

We thank all those who have given sacrificially of their finances, whether it be for mercy work, literature, undesignated or for the running of the CCSM office in Kommetjie. To those who give anonymously, thank you! To those who faithfully pray for China, the Church in China and the work of AM-CCSM, thank you so much - prayer is the life-blood of the ministry. And to those who have in the past given of their time and finances to serve on a short-term team in China, thank you too - and it's time to go again!

Richest blessings to each and everyone for 2012. May it be a year of fulfilling your part as together we seek to serve, strengthen and support the church and people of China.

Bless you,
Richard and Bernice Anderson

Seek the Lord as 2012 awaits you - find the part the Lord desires for you in serving Him in China.

Give thanks for all those who faithfully pray, give and go.

Pray for an abundance of folk to join our ‘Come and See' teams.

Pray for our South African full-timers on the field.

Pray for those who are sensing a full-time call to China, that God will give clarity and that they will have peace in their hearts as they begin to step into the calling.

Pray for the relief of financial shortages in the administrative running of the SA Base.